Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Frans de Waal
Discover the revolution in the study of animal cognition with this eye-opening book. Frans de Waal takes readers on a journey through the abilities of some of the planet's smartest animals, from elephants that classify humans to chimpanzees with exceptional flash memory. He challenges the idea of a cognitive ladder and encourages readers to reconsider what it means to be intelligent. This landmark work may just change the way you view animal intelligence, as well as our own.
Publish Date
2017-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
2017-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2016
Goodreads Rating
3.96
ISBN
9780393353662
Recommendations
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2019-12-09T01:20:31.000Z
I'm reading that book. It's great!
De Waal's point is that if you think that human-style language and symbol manipulation are special traits of human intelligence, you are a neo-creationist.
Thanks @TonyZador – source