Behandeld worden verzoeningsgedrag en andere vormen van spanningsbeheersing en agressieremming bij vier apesoorten en de mens.

From Darwin onward, it has been second nature for evolutionary biologists to think comparatively because comparisons establish the generality of evolutionary phenomena. Do large genomes slow down development? What lifestyles select for large brains? Are extinction rates related to body size? These are all questions for the comparative method, and this book is about how such questions can be answered. The first chapter elaborates on suitable questions for the comparative approach and shows how it complements other approaches to problem-solving in evolution. The second chapter identifies the biological causes of similarity among closely related species for almost any observed character. The third chapter discusses methods for reconstructing phylogenetic trees and ancestral character states. The fourth chapter sets out to develop statistical tests that will determine whether different characters that exist in discrete states show evidence for correlated evolution. Chapter 5 turns to comparative analyses of continuously varying characters. Chapter 6 looks at allometry to exemplify the themes and methods discussed earlier, while the last chapter looks to future development of the comparative approach in both molecular and organismic biology.

To observe a dog's guilty look.

to witness a gorilla's self-sacrifice for a wounded mate, to watch an elephant herd's communal effort on behalf of a stranded calf--to catch animals in certain acts is to wonder what moves them. Might there he a code of ethics in the animal kingdom? Must an animal be human to he humane? In this provocative book, a renowned scientist takes on those who have declared ethics uniquely human Making a compelling case for a morality grounded in biology, he shows how ethical behavior is as much a matter of evolution as any other trait, in humans and animals alike.

World famous for his brilliant descriptions of Machiavellian power plays among chimpanzees-the nastier side of animal life--Frans de Waal here contends that animals have a nice side as well. Making his case through vivid anecdotes drawn from his work with apes and monkeys and holstered by the intriguing, voluminous data from his and others' ongoing research, de Waal shows us that many of the building blocks of morality are natural: they can he observed in other animals. Through his eyes, we see how not just primates but all kinds of animals, from marine mammals to dogs, respond to social rules, help each other, share food, resolve conflict to mutual satisfaction, even develop a crude sense of justice and fairness.

Natural selection may be harsh, but it has produced highly successful species that survive through cooperation and mutual assistance. De Waal identifies this paradox as the key to an evolutionary account of morality, and demonstrates that human morality could never have developed without the foundation of fellow feeling our species shares with other animals. As his work makes clear, a morality grounded in biology leads to an entirely different conception of what it means to he human--and humane.

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Qu'est-ce que le judaïsme ? Une histoire, une religion, une identité, une mémoire, une étiquette, une loi, un livre? Depuis les temps bibliques jusqu'à l'époque de l'état hébreux, le judaïsme n'a cessé de se transformer. Pour débrouiller cet écheveau, une centaine de chercheurs du monde entier ont exploré la vie quotidienne juive, le cycle des fêtes, les multiples aspects de la pensée juive, les principaux concepts du Talmud, la différence entre achkenazes et sefarades, l'importance du hassidisme, les rapports entre le judaïsme et l'islam, l'enseignement des prophètes, et mille autres faits touchant aux relations entre le judaïsme et l'histoire du monde occidental. Sont ainsi expliquées, à travers quelque mille cinq cents articles, pour les Juifs et les non-juifs - qui partagent d'ailleurs souvent la même méconnaissance du judaïsme les notions "d'Ablution", de "Chabbat", de "Circoncision", de "Torah" ou de "Yiddish". Une Esquisse de l'histoire du peuple juif, illustrée par de nombreuses cartes, et un Calendrier juif complètent ce Dictionnaire encyclopédique du judaïsme, dont l'original américain a été spécialement adapté pour le lecteur français. Un index thématique, enfin, facilitant au lecteur la circulation à travers tout l'ouvrage, fait de ce Dictionnaire un outil de travail hors pair et unique en français.

In de briefwisseling tussen vier joodse mensen in Israël speelt de staat Israël een grote rol.

Beschrijving van een aantal principes van leidinggeven aan de hand van uitspraken en ideeën van topvoetballer Johan Cruijff.

Beschrijving van een reis door achtereenvolgens Sicilië, de Ionische kust, Napels en de Campagna en tenslotte Rome in navolging van J.W. von Goethe.

Thema des Buches sind die seelischen und psychosomatischen Folgen des Naziterrors für die Überlebenden. Während der Schoa wurden mehr als sechs Millionen Juden ermordet, davon etwa anderthalb Millionen Kinder. Welche Konsequenzen hat das und die Entmenschlichung für die Übriggebliebenen, die geretteten Kinder, die nächste Generation und die Gesellschaft? Was kann dagegen getan werden? Antworten darauf geben international hochgeschätzte Experten aus verschiedenen Ländern aufgrund ihrer großen fachlichen Erfahrung. Da es bis heute Spätfolgen gibt, gerät damit eine Zeitspanne von mehr als 50 Jahren ins Blickfeld. Schweigen ist ein Thema, mit dem sich alle Autoren beschäftigten. Sie sind überwiegend selbst Schoa-Überlebende und wissen, was es mit dem Schweigen auf sich hat.

Na een aanduiding van de verschillende soorten musea wordt ingegaan op tal van problemen die zich er voor kunnen doen. Hierbij wordt aandacht besteed aan de interne organisatie, administratie, schenkingen, beveiliging, werkprogramma, opstelling, conserveren en registratie.

Een jonge Egyptische vrouw die als arts op het platteland gaat werken, komt in opstand tegen de onderdrukking van de vrouw in haar land.

One of the most famous poems in the English language, "The Raven" first appeared in the January 29, 1845, edition of the New York Evening Mirror. It brought Edgar Allan Poe, then in his mid-30s and a well-known poet, critic, and short story writer, his first taste of celebrity on a grand scale. "The Raven" remains Poe's best-known work, yet it is only one of a dazzling series of poems and stories that won him an enduring place in world literature.
This volume contains "The Raven" and 40 others of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable poems, among them "The Bells," "Ulalume," "Israfel," "To Helen," "The Conqueror Worm," "Eldorado," and "Annabel Lee." Together they reveal the extraordinary spectrum of Poe's personality — his idealism; his visionary qualities; his responsiveness to beauty, to love, and to women; and his susceptibility to the eerie and the morbid. They reveal, too, his virtuoso command of poetic language, rhythms, and figures of speech — command that would make his one of the most distinctive voices in all of poetry.A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

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Toelichtingen bij wandkaarten. Het betreft de kaarten: Het tempelplein in Jeruzalem, Straat in Jeruzalem, [en] Jeruzalem, gezien van den olijfberg, resp. 32, 20 en 34 pag, dit alles samengebonden. 

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