Not So Different: Finding Human Nature in Animals
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231178336 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Through a mix of colorful reporting and rigorous scientific research, Lents describes the exciting strides scientists have made in decoding animal behavior and bringing the evolutionary paths of humans and animals closer together. Animals also get jealous and violent or greedy and callous and develop irrational phobias, just like us. Identical emotional and instinctual drives govern our actions. Animals fall in love, establish rules for fair play, exchange valued goods and services, hold "funerals" for fallen comrades, deploy sex as a weapon, and communicate with one another using rich vocabularies. Human and animal behavior is not as different as once believed.In Not So Different, the biologist Nathan H. He marshals evidence from psychology, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, anthropology, and ethology to further advance this work and to drive home the truth that we are distinguished from anima
(Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals and Rewilding our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence)Nathan H. (Joan Roughgarden, author of Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People)Thoroughly enjoyable and accessible. Lents provides compelling evidence that animals are not that different from us, making it difficult to argue that there is a vast gulf between us and the rest of the animals. (Con Slobodchikoff, author of Chasing Doctor Dolittle: Learning the Language of Animals)As someone who has studied animal behavior and cognitive ethology and animal emotions for many decades, I have always been fascinated by the similarities and differences between humans and other animals. You may never think of yourself in quite the same way again. Not So Different lucidly and entertainingly reminds us just how much of us there is in other mammals and vertebratesand how
Engaging, smart, well-written, and truly accessible. The story of all of us. It seems to me that human beings spend a lot of time observing and discussing WHAT we do, and not enough time asking WHY we do things, unless we're navel-gazing and obsessing on our individual experiences ("My mom ignored me!" "My dad wanted me to be a jock!".) The fact that we're animals, and that all species of animals alive today exist as the result of the ongoing evolutionary process is something we tend to forget, or sweep under the rug, in an effort to make ourselves seem as if we're somehow BETTER than any other creatures that are part of the animal kingdom. The truth, of course, is that we're closely related to primates, an. Entertaining and informative. I really found this book amazing. I had no idea how like us many animals are. The intro is a little long but the chapters after that read well and make you look forward to the next chapter. A good book to travel with. It's funny and well written.. Not so difficult to read This book is as well researched as it is well written. This is a big deal as science types don't always publish books that are reader-friendly. I've gotten a lot of insights into evolution and biology as a result, something I definitely would not have imagined ever happening
. His work has been published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular Cell, and the American Journal of Physiology, as well as the Journal of College Science Teaching and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Nathan H. He also maintains The Human Evolution Blog and writes most of its content. Lents is professor of molecular biology and director of the biology and cell and molecul