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Loading... Animal Societies: How Co-Operation Conquered the Natural Worldby Ashley Ward
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A really good introduction to animal behavioural science read by and written by an entertaining and engaging narrator. Tracking such diverse species as plankton to whales and apes, and much in between. The section on big cats is particularly informative. Recommended for budding ecologists everywhere. ( ) no reviews | add a review
In our modern world of social media and relentless technological advancement, we are more connected than ever before. Though the scale of this connectivity is new, the instinctive desire to gather with our own kind has ancient roots. We can see the origins of our own societies in the social behaviour of the animals that share the planet with us. What's more, human characteristics such as altruism, empathy, leadership and language can also be witnessed among animal groups. Join Biologist Ashley Ward as he takes listeners into the intimate worlds of social animals. Journeying from Aysgarth Falls to the Great Barrier Reef, it becomes clear that animals are not so far removed from us as we might imagine. In a time where humans are struggling to navigate cityscapes, isolation and a loneliness epidemic, Ward shows us that studying the social behaviour of animals offers insights valuable in their own right as well as a window into the evolutionary basis of our own species. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)591.78Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Specific topics in natural history of animals Animal ecology, animals characteristic of specific environmentsRatingAverage:
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