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Thinking animals animals and the development of human intelligence

By Shepard , Paul;Oelschlaeger , Max(Foreword)

Book information

Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0820319821, 9780820342344, 9780820319827
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17390563 bytes)
Pages
274\295
Time added
2020-11-29 04:09:56
Science

Description

In a world increasingly dominated by human beings, the survival of other species becomes more and more questionable. In this brilliant book, Paul Shepard offers a provocative alternative to an "us or them" mentality, proposing that other species are integral to humanity's evolution and exist at the core of our imagination. This trait, he argues, compels us to think of animals in order to be human. Without other living species by which to measure ourselves, Shepard warns, we would be less mature, care less for and be more careless of all life, including our own kind.

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