The Animal Toolkit

Author : Steve Jenkins,Robin Page
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780358683216

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The Animal Toolkit by Steve Jenkins,Robin Page Pdf

Did you know animals can use tools? In this fascinating book by award-winning pair Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, we learn all about what makes a tool a tool and the remarkable ways animals can use them to find food, protect their young, and more. Until 1960, when Jane Goodall observed a chimpanzee using a blade of grass to “fish” for termites, it was believed that humans were the only animal to use tools. Since her discovery, we’ve learned that many creatures use sticks, leaves, rocks, and other natural items as tools. In this latest nonfiction picture book from Caldecott Honor–winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, readers learn all about what makes a tool a tool—and the remarkable ways animals that use them to interact with our world. From the tailorbird, which repurposes spider silk to stitch a leaf into its nest, to the gorilla, which uses sticks to test water depth and build bridges, these animals are intelligent, innovative, and creative. Using his signature cut paper illustrations, Steve Jenkins offers readers a closer look at these animals, their habitats, and their behaviors. In turns jaw-dropping, funny, and inspiring, The Animal Toolkit will fascinate animal enthusiasts and aspiring inventors everywhere.

Author : Robert W. Shumaker,Kristina R. Walkup,Benjamin B. Beck
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421401287

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Animal Tool Behavior by Robert W. Shumaker,Kristina R. Walkup,Benjamin B. Beck Pdf

When published in 1980, Benjamin B. Beck’s Animal Tool Behavior was the first volume to catalog and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufacture in non-human animals. Beck showed that animals—from insects to primates—employed different types of tools to solve numerous problems. His work inspired and energized legions of researchers to study the use of tools by a wide variety of species. In this revised and updated edition of the landmark publication, Robert W. Shumaker and Kristina R. Walkup join Beck to reveal the current state of knowledge regarding animal tool behavior. Through a comprehensive synthesis of the studies produced through 2010, the authors provide an updated and exact definition of tool use, identify new modes of use that have emerged in the literature, examine all forms of tool manufacture, and address common myths about non-human tool use. Specific examples involving invertebrates, birds, fish, and mammals describe the differing levels of sophistication of tool use exhibited by animals.

Author : Wallace Arthur
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781316061473

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Evolving Animals by Wallace Arthur Pdf

What do we know about animal evolution in the early twenty-first century? How much more do we know today than Darwin did? What are the most exciting discoveries that have been made in the last few decades? Covering all the main animal groups, from jellyfish to mammals, this book considers all of these questions and more. Its 30 short chapters, each written in a conversational, nontechnical style and accompanied by numerous original illustrations, deal equally with the pattern and the process of evolution - with both evolutionary trees and evolutionary mechanisms. They cover diverse evolutionary themes, including: the animal toolkit, natural selection, embryos and larvae, animal consciousness, fossils, human evolution, and even the possibility of animal life existing elsewhere than on Earth. This unique text will make an excellent introduction for undergraduates and others with an interest in the subject.

Author : Katrina Sharman,Lara Cumming,Ondine Sherman,Brian Sherman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Animal rights
ISBN : 0980374049

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The Animal Law Toolkit by Katrina Sharman,Lara Cumming,Ondine Sherman,Brian Sherman Pdf

Author : Clara Mancini,Eleonora Nannoni
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832513514

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Animal-computer interaction and beyond: The benefits of animalcentered research and design by Clara Mancini,Eleonora Nannoni Pdf

Author : Risa Williams
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-21
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781839974755

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The Ultimate Self-Esteem Toolkit by Risa Williams Pdf

Do you ever struggle with self-confidence? Or find it difficult to speak about yourself kindly? Finding the self-esteem to navigate high-stress situations and achieve your goals can often feel like an impossible feat, but The Ultimate Self-Esteem Toolkit is the perfect aid to change that. Written by a therapist with many years' experience supporting people to build their confidence, this book provides re-affirming, practical tools and creative exercises to encourage you in developing a healthy sense of self-esteem. With 25 different techniques based on CBT, positive psychology, mindfulness, and narrative therapy, find out which strategies work best for you in developing your resiliency and confidence and transform the way you view yourself.

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9789240035720

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WHO human health risk assessment toolkit by World Health Organization Pdf

Author : Sean B. Carroll,Jennifer K. Grenier,Scott D. Weatherbee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118685204

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From DNA to Diversity by Sean B. Carroll,Jennifer K. Grenier,Scott D. Weatherbee Pdf

In this landmark work, the author team led by Dr. Sean Carroll presents the general principles of the genetic basis of morphological change through a synthesis of evolutionary biology with genetics and embryology. In this extensively revised second edition, the authors delve into the latest discoveries, incorporating new coverage of comparative genomics, molecular evolution of regulatory proteins and elements, and microevolution of animal development. An accessible text, focusing on the most well-known genes, developmental processes and taxa. Builds logically from developmental genetics and regulatory mechanisms to evolution at different genetic morphological levels. Adds major insights from recent genome studies, new evo-devo biology research findings, and a new chapter on models of variation and divergence among closely related species. Provides in-depth focus on key concepts through well-developed case studies. Features clear, 4-color illustrations and photographs, chapter summaries, references and a glossary. Presents the research of Dr. Carroll, a pioneer in the field and the past president of the Society for Developmental Biology.

Author : Judy Elgin Jensen
Publisher : NSTA Press
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781933531465

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NSTA Tool Kit for Teaching Evolution by Judy Elgin Jensen Pdf

This pulls together historical facts, scientific data, legal precedent, and other invaluable information. Biology and life science teachers will appreciate this resource for its ability to help cover a relevant issue with depth and pedagogical support.

Author : Matt Reher
Publisher : Zoology Magazine
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1634371798

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Animals and Tools by Matt Reher Pdf

Author : Ashit Chandra Chakraborty,Swami Priyavratananda
Publisher : Advaita Ashrama
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788175058071

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Religious Behaviour and Spiritual Experience by Ashit Chandra Chakraborty,Swami Priyavratananda Pdf

Spiritual life and its experiences seem to elude ordinary understanding. Can spiritual truths be investigated by scientific techniques? Why do people take to spiritual life? Is there a scientific truth behind supra-normal experiences? This book published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication centre of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India, deals with scientific exploration of spiritual experiences and answers these questions.

Author : Steve Jenkins
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547557991

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The Animal Book by Steve Jenkins Pdf

Learn some amazing facts relating to over 300 animals.

Author : Crickette M. Sanz,Josep Call,Christophe Boesch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107011199

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Tool Use in Animals by Crickette M. Sanz,Josep Call,Christophe Boesch Pdf

Presentation of groundbreaking research on an extensive range of tool using animals, looking particularly at the evolution of cognitive abilities.

Author : Philippe Huneman,Denis M. Walsh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780190681456

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Challenging the Modern Synthesis by Philippe Huneman,Denis M. Walsh Pdf

Since its origin in the early 20th century, the Modern Synthesis theory of evolution has grown to become the orthodox view on the process of organic evolution. Its central defining feature is the prominence it accords to genes in the explanation of evolutionary dynamics. Since the advent of the 21st century, however, the Modern Synthesis has been subject to repeated and sustained challenges. These are largely empirically driven. In the last two decades, evolutionary biology has witnessed unprecedented growth in the understanding of those processes that underwrite the development of organisms and the inheritance of characters. The empirical advances usher in challenges to the conceptual foundations of evolutionary theory. The extent to which the new biology challenges the Modern Synthesis has been the subject of lively debate. Many current commentators charge that the new biology of the 21st century calls for a revision, extension, or wholesale rejection of the Modern Synthesis Theory of evolution. Defenders of the Modern Synthesis maintain that the theory can accommodate the exciting new advances in biology. The original essays collected in this volume survey the various challenges to the Modern Synthesis arising from the new biology of the 21st century. The authors are evolutionary biologists, philosophers of science, and historians of biology from Europe and North America. Each of the essays discusses a particular challenge to the Modern Synthesis treatment of inheritance, development, or adaptation. Taken together, the essays cover a spectrum of views, from those that contend that the Modern Synthesis can rise to the challenges of the new biology, with little or no revision required, to those that call for the abandonment of the Modern Synthesis. The collection will be of interest to researchers and students in evolutionary biology, and the philosophy and history of the biological sciences.

Author : Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins,Allyson J. Burnett
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781936764303

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20 Literacy Strategies to Meet the Common Core by Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins,Allyson J. Burnett Pdf

With the advent of the Common Core State Standards and high expectations with regard to content literacy, some secondary teachers are scrambling for what to do and how to do it. This book provides an accessible plan for implementing content literacy and offers 20 research-based literacy strategies designed to help students meet those standards and become expert readers.