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It is easy for us to believe that as a society we are getting smarter, at least as measured by IQ tests. This supposed improvement, the Flynn Effect, suggests that each generation is brighter than the last.If this improvement in intelligence is real we should all be much, much brighter than the Victorians. However, the researchers of this ground-breaking study find the reverse to be true- the Victorians were cleverer than us! IQ tests may be e...

Ever since humankiind first ventured out onto the oceans, sailors came back with stories of sea monsters. For two hundred years, scientists have been attempting to classify these 'creatures' within an acceptable zoological frame of reference. The most important of these was produced by Professor Bernard Heuvelmans half a century ago. Michael Woodley, takes a look at Heuvelmans' classification model, re-examines it in the light of new discoveri...

Evolutionary Biology and Ecology are gradually moving towards one another, but often times progress seems to come more through a "random walk in the dark" than through planned and coherent theoretical synthesis. Although this book doesn't claim to have all the answers, it provides a fascinating glimpse into what key aspects of such a synthesis may look like. Divided into eight 'chapter essays' this book: .Re-evaluates the niche concept, emphas...