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Methuselah’s Zoo

Methuselah's Zoo

Methuselah's Zoo

What Nature Can Teach Us about Living Longer, Healthier Lives

by Steven N. Austad

ISBN: 9780262547178

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 15, 2023

Stories of long-lived animal species—from thousand-year-old tubeworms to 400-year-old sharks—and what they might teach us about human health and longevity.
Tenacious Beasts

Tenacious Beasts

Tenacious Beasts

Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals

by Christopher J. Preston

ISBN: 9780262047562

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 21, 2023

An inspiring look at wildlife species that are defying the odds and teaching important lessons about how to share a planet.
Imperfection

Imperfection

Imperfection

A Natural History

by Telmo Pievani

Translated by Michael Gerard Kenyon

Foreword by Ian Tattersall

ISBN: 9780262047418

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 11, 2022

In praise of imperfection: how life on our planet is a catalog of imperfections, errors, alternatives, and anomalies.
The Story of Life in 10 1/2 Species

The Story of Life in 10 1/2 Species

The Story of Life in 10 1/2 Species

by Marianne Taylor

ISBN: 9780262044486

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 20, 2020

Souvenirs of the planet: Ten (and a half) life forms, each of which explains a key aspect of life on Earth.
The Art of Naming

The Art of Naming

The Art of Naming

by Michael Ohl

Translated by Elisabeth Lauffer

ISBN: 9780262537032

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 26, 2019

From Tyrannosaurus rex to Heteropoda davidbowie: scientific naming as a joyful and creative act.
Rock, Bone, and Ruin

Rock, Bone, and Ruin

Rock, Bone, and Ruin

An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences

by Adrian Currie

ISBN: 9780262037266

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 16, 2018

An argument that we should be optimistic about the capacity of “methodologically omnivorous” geologists, paleontologists, and archaeologists to uncover truths about the deep past.
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