Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins

Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins
by Maddalena Bearzi, Craig B. Stanford

Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins
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Author: Craig B. Stanford, Maddalena Bearzi
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-30
ISBN: 0674027817
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Summary: 5 Stars

This book is a rare gift to a reader interested in natural history and wildlife behaviour. Two world-class wildlife researchers share with us their knowledge and insights obtained through their lives' work, as well as that of the researchers before them, with a thoughtful, engaging and inspiring presentation. Speaking from both analytical and in-field experiences the authors combine their two voices in an eloquent conversational manner while filling each paragraph with a wealth of information. The fascination comes two-fold while we learn not only about the impressive intelligence of dolphins and of primates, but also of how similar the cultural and behavioural strategies are between the two species... and, then we see the parallels to our own species. I recommend this book to students and wildlife enthusiasts as well as to anyone just interested in a good non-fiction read.Argentina: The Bradt Travel GuideBear Attacks in CanadaNorthern California nature GuideWashington & Oregon nature GuideCanada Flying HighWorld Volunteers, 4th Edition: The World Guide to Voluntary Work in Nature Conservation (World Volunteers: The World Guide to Humanitarian & Development Volu)Archaeo-Volunteers: The World Guide to Archaeological and Heritage Volunteering (We Care Guides)

Summary of Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins

Apes and dolphins: primates and cetaceans. Could any creatures appear to be more different? Yet both are large-brained intelligent mammals with complex communication and social interaction. In the first book to study apes and dolphins side by side, Maddalena Bearzi and Craig B. Stanford, a dolphin biologist and a primatologist who have spent their careers studying these animals in the wild, combine their insights with compelling results. Beautiful Minds explains how and why apes and dolphins are so distantly related yet so cognitively alike and what this teaches us about another large-brained mammal: Homo sapiens.

Noting that apes and dolphins have had no common ancestor in nearly 100 million years, Bearzi and Stanford describe the parallel evolution that gave rise to their intelligence. And they closely observe that intelligence in action, in the territorial grassland and rainforest communities of chimpanzees and other apes, and in groups of dolphins moving freely through open coastal waters. The authors detail their subjects' ability to develop family bonds, form alliances, and care for their young. They offer an understanding of their culture, politics, social structure, personality, and capacity for emotion. The resulting dual portrait-with striking overlaps in behavior-is key to understanding the nature of "beautiful minds."

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