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Earth and Life Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation Andrew H. Knoll

From the world-renowned geobiologist and bestselling author of A Brief History of Earth, the epic story of a planetary conversation four billion years in the making

Outsider Animals Outsider Animals: How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us Marlene Zuk

From one of our foremost experts on behavioral evolution, an entertaining exploration of what raccoons, rats, and other animal intruders teach us about intelligence, adaptability, and ourselves

Doctors by Nature Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves Jaap de Roode

The astonishing story of how animals use medicine and what it can teach us about healing ourselves

Intraterrestrials Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth Karen G. Lloyd

A biologist鈥檚 firsthand account of the hunt for life beneath earth鈥檚 surface鈥攁nd how new discoveries are challenging our most basic assumptions about the nature of life on Earth

Sex Is a Spectrum Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary Agust铆n Fuentes

Why human biology is far more expansive than the simple categories of female and male

The Sleepless Ape The Sleepless Ape: The Story of Sleep in Human Evolution David R. Samson

How the unique sleep habits of early humans fostered survival, innovation, and social evolution鈥攁nd how this evolutionary legacy holds insights into how we sleep today

Seven Decades Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer Michael D. Gurven

An anthropologist uncovers new evidence for the evolutionary origins of human longevity鈥攁nd explains why growing old is an opportunity, not a burden

Horses Horses: A 4,000-Year Genetic Journey Across the World Ludovic Orlando

From one of today鈥檚 leading experts on ancient DNA, a sweeping genetic history that unravels the mystery of where horses were first domesticated

Life in Sync Life in Sync: The Science of Internal Clocks and How We鈥檙e Disrupting Them Philippa Gander

Why we need to reconnect with nature鈥檚 biological rhythms鈥攁nd rediscover the benefits of a good night鈥檚 sleep