![]() Reiterating Charles Darwin’s “well-known observation that the mental difference between humans and other animals is one of degree rather than kind,” de Waal augments the scientific perspective with a historical one, carefully considering the debates that have roiled the field of animal behavior science for over a century. ![]() He also explains scientists’ experimental protocols, discussing how bias can creep into experiments and lead to erroneous conclusions. De Waal provides ample documentation that animals-including the primates he studies, other mammals, octopuses, birds, and even insects-can be remarkably adept at solving problems. ![]() ![]() In this thoroughly engaging, remarkably informative, and deeply insightful book, de Waal ( The Bonobo and the Atheist), a primatologist at Emory University in Atlanta, investigates the intelligences of various animals and the ways that scientists have attempted to understand them. ![]()
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