The Origin of the Life of a Human Being

by Rahul Peter Das
The Origin of the Life of a Human Being
Author: Rahul Peter Das
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 758
Release: 2003
Genre: Life
ISBN: 9788120819986
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This study attempts to determine how the ancient Indian medicinal and sexological texts would answer a non medical question but also social and religious relevance namelyl: what happens in a woman`s body at the time of conception? To this end, numerous relevant texts were exhausitively analysed, along with several secondary sources and other traditional medicinal systems.

On Being Human

by Daisaku Ikeda
On Being Human
Author: Daisaku Ikeda
Publisher: PUM
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2002
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 276061798X
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À première vue, l'humanisme occidental, le bouddhisme japonais et la science moderne ont si peu en commun que l'idée même de rechercher un terrain d'entente par le dialogue semble trop idéaliste. Seul un homme du calibre de daisaku ikeda pourrait mener à bien un tel projet. Faisant fi du cliché et des réponses faciles, il aborde les grandes questions auxquelles la société d'aujourd'hui est confrontée: cancer, sida, mort dignement, fécondation in vitro, éthique biomédicale... Les réponses apportées par René Simard, biologiste moléculaire et généticien, et Guy Bourgeault, bioéthicien , sont perspicaces et convaincantes. Leurs discussions ont franchi les barrières linguistiques et culturelles pour présenter une vision du potentiel - et des défis inhérents - à l'être humain.

Life's Origin

by J. William Schopf
Life's Origin
Author: J. William Schopf
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2002
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9780520233911
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Science and Creationism

by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Science and Creationism
Author: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1999
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780309064064
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This edition of Science and Creationism summarizes key aspects of several of the most important lines of evidence supporting evolution. It describes some of the positions taken by advocates of creation science and presents an analysis of these claims. This document lays out for a broader audience the case against presenting religious concepts in science classes. The document covers the origin of the universe, Earth, and life; evidence supporting biological evolution; and human evolution. (Contains 31 references.) (CCM)

The Evolution of Human Life History

by Kristen Hawkes
The Evolution of Human Life History
Author: Kristen Hawkes
Publisher: James Currey
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2006
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN:
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Human beings may share 98 percent of their genetic makeup with their nonhuman primate cousins, but they have distinctive life histories. When and why did these uniquely human patterns evolve? To answer that question, this volume brings together specialists in hunter-gatherer behavioral ecology and demography, human growth, development, and nutrition, paleodemography, human paleontology, primatology, and the genomics of aging. The contributors identify and explain the peculiar features of human life histories, such as the rate and timing of processes that directly influence survival and reproduction. Drawing on new evidence from paleoanthropology, they question existing arguments that link human's extended childhood dependency and long 'post-reproductive'lives to brain development, learning, and distinctively human social structures. The volume reviews alternative explanations for the distinctiveness of human life history and incorporates multiple lines of evidence in order to test them.

The Mystery of Life's Origin

by Charles B. Thaxton
The Mystery of Life's Origin
Author: Charles B. Thaxton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2020-01-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781936599745
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The origin of life from non-life remains one of the most enduring mysteries of modern science. This book investigates how close scientists are to solving that mystery and explores what we are learning about the origin of life from current research in chemistry, physics, astrobiology, biochemistry, and more.

The Search for Life's Origins

by National Research Council
The Search for Life's Origins
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 1990-02-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309042461
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The field of planetary biology and chemical evolution draws together experts in astronomy, paleobiology, biochemistry, and space science who work together to understand the evolution of living systems. This field has made exciting discoveries that shed light on how organic compounds came together to form self-replicating molecules-the origin of life. This volume updates that progress and offers recommendations on research programs-including an ambitious effort centered on Mars-to advance the field over the next 10 to 15 years. The book presents a wide range of data and research results on these and other issues: The biogenic elements and their interaction in the interstellar clouds and in solar nebulae. Early planetary environments and the conditions that lead to the origin of life. The evolution of cellular and multicellular life. The search for life outside the solar system. This volume will become required reading for anyone involved in the search for life's beginnings-including exobiologists, geoscientists, planetary scientists, and U.S. space and science policymakers.

The Vital Question

by Nick Lane
The Vital Question
Author: Nick Lane
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Cells
ISBN: 9781781250372
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A game-changing book on the origins of life, called the most important scientific discovery 'since the Copernican revolution' in The Observer.

In the Light of Evolution

by National Academy of Sciences
In the Light of Evolution
Author: National Academy of Sciences
Publisher:
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2007
Genre: Science
ISBN:
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The Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences address scientific topics of broad and current interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Each year, four or five such colloquia are scheduled, typically two days in length and international in scope. Colloquia are organized by a member of the Academy, often with the assistance of an organizing committee, and feature presentations by leading scientists in the field and discussions with a hundred or more researchers with an interest in the topic. Colloquia presentations are recorded and posted on the National Academy of Sciences Sackler colloquia website and published on CD-ROM. These Colloquia are made possible by a generous gift from Mrs. Jill Sackler, in memory of her husband, Arthur M. Sackler.