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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948- author is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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340 pages : 25 cm, What separates your mind from that of an animal? Is it the ability to design tools; a sense of self; or the grasp of past and future? In recent decades these claims have eroded, or even been disproven outright, by a revolution in the study of animal cognition. Waal explores both the scope and the depth of animal intelligence, offering a firsthand account of how science has stood traditional behaviorism on its head by revealing how smart animals really are, and how we've underestimated their abilities for too long, Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-318) and index, Magic wells -- A tale of two schools -- Cognitive ripples -- Talk to me -- The measure of all things -- Social skills -- Time will tell -- Of mirrors and jars -- Evolutionary cognition

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Author

Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948- author

Publisher

New York : W. W. Norton & Company

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9785916716177

Category

science

Subjects

Fiction, Science, Philosophy

Rating

3.93 / 5 (2,685 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14