Much Like Us - What Science Reveals About Thoughts, Feelings, Behaviour of Animals

What really differentiates us from our relatives in the animal world? And what can they teach us about ourselves? Taking these questions as his starting point, Norbert Sachser presents fascinating insights into the inner lives of animals, revealing what we now know about their thoughts, feelings and behaviour. By turns surprising, humourous and thought-provoking, Much Like Us invites us on a journey around the animal kingdom, explaining along the way how dogs demonstrate empathy, why chimpanzees wage war and how crows and ravens craft tools to catch food. Sachser brings the science to life with examples and anecdotes drawn from his own research, illuminating the vast strides in understanding that have been made over the last 30 years. He ultimately invites us to challenge our own preconceptions - the closer we look, the more we see the humanity in our fellow creatures.

Product details

• Authors: Ruby Bilger, Norbert Sachser, Sachser Norbert
• Assisted by: Ruby Bilger (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781108838498
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83849-8
• No. of pages: 166
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 233 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, popular science, Anthropology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Animal behaviour, Ethics and moral philosophy, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Intelligence & reasoning, Ethology and animal behaviour, Physical anthropology