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1. The Mummies of Ürümchi

   Elizabeth Wayland Barber

   In the museums of Ürümchi, the windswept regional capital of the Uyghur Autonomous Region (also known as Chinese Turkestan), a collection of ancient mummies lies at the center of an enormous mystery.More

2. Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

   Elizabeth Wayland Barber

   "A fascinating history of . . . [a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." —New York Times Book ReviewMore

3. The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging

   Bruce A. Carnes, S. Jay Olshansky

   "This is by far the best book I've read on the science of aging."—Andrew Weil, M.D.More

4. Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Synthesis

   Glenn C. Conroy

   Second Edition

   This dynamic introduction to paleoanthropology presents the fossil evidence for human evolution and demonstrates how anthropologists interpret this evidence in light of the most current research.
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5. The Autobiography of Charles Darwin: 1809-1882

   Charles Darwin, Nora Barlow

   The only complete edition.More

6. The Darwin Reader

   Charles Darwin, Mark Ridley

   Second Edition

7. Darwin

   Charles Darwin, Philip Appleman

   Third Edition

   "The best Darwin anthology on the market" (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970.More

8. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design

   Richard Dawkins

   "The best general account of evolution I have read in recent years."--E. O. Wilson. With a new introduction.More

9. Climbing Mount Improbable

   Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward

   A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker.More

10. The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain

    Terrence W. Deacon

    "A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."—New York Times Book ReviewMore

11. Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist

    Adrian Desmond, James Moore

    "Unquestionably the finest [biography] ever written about Darwin. . . . Darwin has now become, and properly, the quintessentially socially embedded scientist. Desmond and Moore are brilliant in their pursuit of this truly unifying theme."—Stephen Jay GouldMore

12. New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers: Tales of Parasites and People

    Robert S. Desowitz

    The medical tapestry of the world is full of organisms too small to see, carried by flying and creeping creatures too numerous to eradicate.
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13. The Malaria Capers: Tales of Parasites and People

    Robert S. Desowitz

    "Reads like a murder mystery. . . . [Desowitz] writes with uncommon lucidity and verse, leaving the reader with a vivid understanding of malaria and other tropical diseases, and the ways in which culture, climate and politics have affected their spread and containment."—New York TimesMore

14. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

    Jared Diamond

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.More

15. Primate Diversity

    Dean Falk

    Primate Diversity successfully synthesizes a thorough look at current primatology research while providing a careful examination of a variety of species.More