Much Like Us
eBook - PDF

Much Like Us

What Science Reveals about the Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviour of Animals

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Much Like Us

What Science Reveals about the Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviour of Animals

About this book

What really differentiates us from our relatives in the animal world? And what can they teach us about ourselves? Taking these questions as his starting point, Norbert Sachser presents fascinating insights into the inner lives of animals, revealing what we now know about their thoughts, feelings and behaviour. By turns surprising, humourous and thought-provoking, Much Like Us invites us on a journey around the animal kingdom, explaining along the way how dogs demonstrate empathy, why chimpanzees wage war and how crows and ravens craft tools to catch food. Sachser brings the science to life with examples and anecdotes drawn from his own research, illuminating the vast strides in understanding that have been made over the last 30 years. He ultimately invites us to challenge our own preconceptions – the closer we look, the more we see the humanity in our fellow creatures.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1 Typical Human, Typical Animal?: Reconceptualising the Animal – an Introduction
  9. Chapter 2 Ginger Boris Doesn’t Like to Be Alone: On Behaviour, Stress, and the Blessing of Socially Stable Relationships
  10. Chapter 3 Cats Are Happy When They’re Playing: On the Well-Being, Emotions, and Humane Treatment of Animals
  11. Chapter 4 Nature Versus Nurture: Genes, Environment, and Behaviour: New Answers to an Old Question
  12. Chapter 5 Clever Dogs and Ingenious Ravens: All Animals Can Learn, Many Can Think, and Some Can Even Recognise Themselves in a Mirror
  13. Chapter 6 Animal Personalities: The Development of Behaviour and the Discovery of Individuality
  14. Chapter 7 Altruistic Squirrels and Egotistical Lions: The Sociobiological Revolution
  15. Chapter 8 Animals Like Us: A Summary
  16. Bibliography