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This book describes the 91 known Peruvian species of Inga (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Each species has a short botanical description, a superb full-page line illustration, a distribution map and information on phenology, ecology, actual and potential uses. There is an account of the ecology and vegetation of Peru and a chapter on utilization, species selection, seed collection and storage, propagation and management. Also included is a key for the identification of species, glossary of botanical terms, list of herbarium specimens studied and indexes of scientific and vernacular names. The text ...

Biographies and bibliographies of members are included in many of the volumes. Lists of members are usually given on covers of the numbers.

In August of 2005, scientists conducted a rapid inventory in Sierra del Divisor, a mountain range that rises up dramatically from the lowlands of central Amazonian Peru. This assessment, presented here in English and Spanish, collects their research on the plants and animals of the region as well as the social and cultural assets of local villages and their use and management of natural resources. The report includes recommendations for conservation and management, including steps to safeguard the voluntarily isolated indigenous people living in the region. Corine Vriesendorp is a...

Las recientes investigaciones en arqueología, paleoantropología y genética han cambiado nuestra manera de entender el devenir evolutivo de nuestra especie Homo sapiens. Los nuevos datos científicos nos acercan a la visión de un origen muy antiguo, que ronda los 300.000 años y que, paradójicamente, enlaza con algunas ideas más clásicas de la evolución humana, la del multirregionalismo. El modelo vigente de un origen africano relativamente reciente y geográficamente muy localizado está en entredicho. Cuáles son los rasgos que nos definen como especie, cuándo y cómo surgen, qué...