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Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach
by John Alcock

ISBN 0878930051 (0-87893-005-1)
Hardcover, Sinauer Associates Inc

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This edition has been completely rewritten and reorganized to include discoveries in the field and over 100 new illustrations. The author analyzes all aspects of the subject, stressing the utility of evolutionary theory in unifying different behavioural disciplines. However, the book treats both the ranging proximate mechanisms and the evolutionary, or ultimate causes of behaviour. The first chapter introduces the distinction between the two, and the rest of the text is organized into two main sections devoted to each. Examples are drawn from studies of invertibrates and vertibrates, and are supported by more than 1300 reference citations, many to recent articles. The book also emphasizes the tentative nature of scientific conclusions and identifies controversial and unresolved issues. [via]
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Animal Consciousness
by Daisie Radner, Michael Radner

ISBN 1573921149 (1-57392-114-9)
Softcover, Prometheus Books

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Animal Minds
by Donald R. Griffin

ISBN 0226308642 (0-226-30864-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness
by Donald R. Griffin

ISBN 0226308650 (0-226-30865-0)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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Animals In Translation: Using The Mysteries Of Autism To Decode Animal Behavior
by Catherine Johnson, Temple Grandin

ISBN 0156031442 (0-15-603144-2)
Softcover, Harvest Books

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I don't know if people will ever be able to talk to animals the way Doctor Doolittle could, or whether animals will be able to talk back. Maybe science will have something to say about that. But I do know people can learn to "talk" to animals, and to hear what animals have to say, better than they do now. --From Animals in Translation

Why would a cow lick a tractor? Why are collies getting dumber? Why do dolphins sometimes kill for fun? How can a parrot learn to spell? How did wolves teach man to evolve? Temple Grandin draws upon a long, distinguished career as an animal scientist and her own experiences with autism to deliver an extraordinary message about how animals act, think, and feel. She has a perspective like that of no other expert in the field, which allows her to offer unparalleled observations and groundbreaking ideas.

People with autism can often think the way animals think, putting them in the perfect position to translate "animal talk." Grandin is a faithful guide into their world, exploring animal pain, fear, aggression, love, friendship, communication, learning, and, yes, even animal genius. The sweep of Animals in Translation is immense and will forever change the way we think about animals.

*includes a Behavior and Training Troubleshooting Guide

Among its provocative ideas, the book:
- argues that language is not a requirement for consciousness--and that animals do have consciousness
- applies the autism theory of "hyper-specificity" to animals, showing that animals and autistic people are so sensitive to detail that they "can't see the forest for the trees"--a talent as well as a "deficit"
- explores the "interpreter" in the normal human brain that filters out detail, leaving people blind to much of the reality that surrounds them--a reality animals and autistic people see, sometimes all too clearly
- explains how animals have "superhuman" skills: animals have animal genius
- compares animals to autistic savants, declaring that animals may in fact be autistic savants, with special forms of genius that normal people do not possess and sometimes cannot even see
- examines how humans and animals use their emotions to think, to decide, and even to predict the future
- reveals the remarkable abilities of handicapped people and animals
- maintains that the single worst thing you can do to an animal is to make it feel afraid
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Bears
by Ben East, Seymore Easton

ISBN 051753231X (0-517-53231-X)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group

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Beast and Man: The Roots of Human Nature
by Mary Midgley

ISBN 0415289874 (0-415-28987-4)
Softcover, Routledge

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`Beast and Man is a brilliant and persuasive attempt to set us in our animal context, ... and to indicate a morality for a society without religious absolutes - a morality of which we see the rudiments in our brother species.' - The Observer [via]
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
by Charles Darwin

ISBN 1420924990 (1-4209-2499-0)
Softcover, Digireads.Com

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"Even cows, when they frisk about from pleasure, throw up their tails in a ridiculous fashion." So writes Charles Darwin in his magnum opus on how humans and animals display such emotions as fear, anger, disdain, and pleasure; it is work that has in most respects been sustained by later scientific research. First published in 1872, Darwin's greatest work was never issued in quite the shape its author intended: bits and pieces were left out of subsequent printings, most of them released after Darwin's death, and later editors made additions to suit the intellectual fashion of their times. This definitive edition, heavily annotated, brings us the book that Darwin would have wanted, and it is essential to any naturalist's library. [via]
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
by Paul Ekman, Charles Darwin, Phillip Prodger

ISBN 0006387349 (0-00-638734-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins

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Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals
by F. B. M. De Waal

ISBN 0674356616 (0-674-35661-6)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr

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In Good Natured Frans de Waal, ethologist and primatologist, asks us to reconsider human morality in light of moral aspects that can be identified in animals. Within the complex negotiations of human society, a moral action may involve thoughts and feelings of guilt, reciprocity, obligation, expectations, rules, or community concern. De Waal finds these aspects of morality prevalent in other animal societies, mostly primate, and suggests that the two philosophical camps supporting nature and nurture may have to be disbanded in order to adequately understand human morality. A theoretician, de Waal is meticulous in his research, cautious not to extrapolate too much from his findings, and logically sound in his arguments. He also writes with precision and a flair for the dramatic, carrying readers along with graceful ease and vivid examples. [via]
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Gorillas in the Mist
by Dian Fossey

ISBN 061808360X (0-618-08360-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin

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In 1963, an occupational therapist from Kentucky, in uncertain health and spirits, traveled to central Africa in the quixotic hope of seeing a mountain gorilla in its natural habitat. Dian Fossey had read everything she could about the reclusive and much-feared animal, and she returned from her trip convinced that most of the books were wrong.
During her seven-week stay in Africa, Fossey had a chance encounter with the famed primatologists Mary and Louis Leakey, who encouraged her to follow her dream of living among the mountain gorillas and learning their ways. In 1967 she did just that, setting up a camp on the slopes of the 14,000-foot Virunga Volcanoes of Rwanda and studying four gorilla families there. Although it took them some time to accept Fossey's presence among them, she was immediately impressed by their peaceful nature and by their generous, guileless behavior--so unlike the images found in popular culture.
But, Fossey discovered, despite their peaceable way of life, the gorillas had many enemies in the form of poachers who hunted them for their hands, skins, and heads--ghastly remains sold to the tourist market. Much of Fossey's thoughtful but often rightly angry memoir Gorillas in the Mist is a well-reasoned plea for the protection of the gorillas and the suppression of the poachers' black market. That argument found a wide audience when her book was published in 1983, but Fossey's work remains unfinished: she was murdered, probably by those very poachers, in 1985, and today there are fewer than 650 mountain gorillas in the wild. To read Gorillas in the Mist is a first step for anyone concerned with their preservation, and that of other wild species everywhere. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Hidden Life of Dogs
by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Bill Grose

ISBN 067151699X (0-671-51699-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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In this beautiful account, based on thirty years of living with and observing dogs, wolves and dingoes novelist and anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas brings us a completely new understanding of dogs. We meet Misha, a friend's husky, whom Thomas followed on his daily rounds of more than 130 square miles, and who ultimately provided the simple and surprising answer to the question What do dogs want most? Not food, not sex, but other dogs. We also meet Maria, who adored Misha, bore his puppies, and clearly mourned when he moved away; Bingo, a brave asthmatic pug; and many more fascinating individuals in this unforgettable chronicle, which "brims with insight and respect" (Emily Mitchell, Time International ). [via]
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If a Lion Could Talk: Animal Intelligence and the Evolution of Consciousness
by Stephen Budiansky

ISBN 0756765552 (0-7567-6555-2)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co

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How many of us have caught ourselves gazing into the eyes of a pet, wondering what thoughts lie behind those eyes? Or fallen into an argument over which is smarter, the dog or the cat? Scientists have conducted elaborate experiments trying to ascertain whether animals from chimps to pigeons can communicate, count, reason, or even lie. So does science tell us what we assume-- that animals are pretty much like us, only not as smart? Simply, no. Now, in this superb book, Stephen Budiansky poses the fundamental question: "What is intelligence?" His answer takes us on the ultimate wildlife adventure to animal consciousness.
Budiansky begins by exposing our tendency to see ourselves in animals. Our anthropomorphism allows us to perceive intelligence only in behavior that mimics our own. This prejudice, he argues, betrays a lack of imagination. Each species is so specialized that most of their abilities are simply not comparable. At the mercy of our anthropomorphic tendencies, we continue to puzzle over pointless issues like whether a wing or an arm is better, or whether night vision is better than day vision, rather than discovering the real world of a winged nighthawk, a thoroughbred horse, or an African lion. Budiansky investigates the sometimes bizarre research behind animal intelligence experiments: from horses who can count or ace history quizzes, and primates who seem fluent in sign language, to rats who seem to have become self-aware, he reveals that often these animals are responding to our tiny unconscious cues. And, while critically discussing scientists' interpretations of animal intelligence, he is able to lay out their discoveries in terms of what we know about ourselves. For instance, by putting you in the minds of dogs or bees who travel by dead reckoning, he demonstrates that this is also how you find your way down a familiar street with almost no conscious awareness of your navigation system.
Modern cognitive science and the new science of evolutionary ecology are beginning to show that thinking in animals is tremendously complex and wonderful in its variety. A pigeon's ability to find its way home from almost anywhere has little to do with comparative intelligence; rather it is due to the pigeon's very different perception of the world. That's why, as Wittgenstein said, "If a lion could talk, we would not understand him." In this fascinating book, Budiansky frees us from the shackles of our ideas about the natural world, and opens a window to the astounding worlds of the animals that surround us. [via]
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The Illustrated Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal
by Desmond Morris

ISBN 0224022601 (0-224-02260-1)
Hardcover, J. Cape, 1986

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a new edition of the world's most provocative best seller now with 56 fabulous full color photographs [via]
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- The Illustrated Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal: ISBN 0224022601 (0-224-02260-1)
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In the Shadow of Man
by Jane Goodall

ISBN 0618056769 (0-618-05676-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin

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World-renowned primatologist, conservationist, and humanitarian Dr. Jane Goodalls account of her life among the wild chimpanzees of Gombe is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior ever written. Her adventure began when the famous anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey suggested that a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild might shed light on the behavior of our closest living relatives. Accompanied by only her mother and her African assistants, she set up camp in the remote Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania. For months the project seemed hopeless; out in the forest from dawn until dark, she had but fleeting glimpses of frightened animals. But gradually she won their trust and was able to record previously unknown behavior, such as the useand even the making of tools, until then believed to be an exclusive skill of man. As she came to know the chimps as individuals, she began to understand their complicated social hierarchy and observed many extraordinary behaviors, which have forever changed our understanding of the profound connection between humans and chimpanzees.

In the Shadow of Man is one of the Western worlds great scientific achievements (Stephen Jay Gould) and a vivid, essential journey of discovery for each new generation of readers.
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In the Shadow of Man
by Lawick-Goodall, Jane, Barones Van

ISBN 0395127262 (0-395-12726-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin

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Intimate Behaviour
by Desmond Morris

ISBN 1568361637 (1-56836-163-7)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc

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The third in the "Naked Ape" trilogy, examining what has happened to personal relations and our sexual nature, within the modern environment. Morris discusses how human ingenuity enables people to enjoy the technical comforts of modern living, and at the same time obey their primeval instincts. [via]
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King Solomon's Ring
by Konrad Lorenz, Marjorie Kerr Wilson

ISBN 0415267471 (0-415-26747-1)
Softcover, Routledge

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King Solomon´s Ring by Konrad Z. Lorenz. New Light on Animal Ways. Illustrated by the autor. Foreword by Julian Huxley. Traslate fron German by Marjorie Kerr Wilson. 202 pages. @1952 by Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Apollo Edition 1961. [via]
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The Living World of Audubon
by Roland C. Clement

ISBN 0448118319 (0-448-11831-9)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap

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Man Meets Dog
by Konrad Lorenz, Marjorie Kerr Wilson

ISBN 1568360517 (1-56836-051-7)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc

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In this wonderful book, the famous scientist and best-selling author, Konrad Lorenz, 'the man who talked with animals', enlightens and entertains us with his illustrated account of the unique relationship between humans and their pets. Displaying Lorenz's customary humanity and expert knowledge of animals, Man Meets Dog is also a deeply personal and entertaining account of his relationships with his own four-legged friends. With charming sketches on almost every page, Man Meets Dog offers a delightful insight into animal and human thinking and feeling. An essential companion for all lovers of dogs (and cats!). [via]
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More Than a Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual and Reality
by Karen Davis

ISBN 1930051883 (1-930051-88-3)
Softcover, Rudolf Steiner Pr

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The Naked Ape
by Desmond Morris

ISBN 0440362660 (0-440-36266-0)
Softcover, Dell Publishing

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"A startling view of man, stripped of the facade we try so hard to hide behind." In view of man's awesome creativity and resourcefulness, we may be inclined to regard him as descended from the angels, yet, in his brilliant study, Desmond Morris reminds us that man is relative to the apes--is in fact, the greatest primate of all. With knowledge gleaned from primate ethnology, zoologist Morris examines sex, child-rearing, exploratory habits, fighting, feeding, and much more to establish our surprising bonds to the animal kingdom and add substance to the discussion that has provoked controversy and debate the world over. Natural History Magazine praised The Naked Ape as "stimulating . . . thought-provoking . . . [Morris] has introduced some novel and challenging ideas and speculations." "He minces no words," said Harper's. "He lets off nothing in our basic relation to the animal kingdom to which we belong. . . He is always specific, startling, but logical." [via]
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The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal
by Desmond Morris

ISBN 0385334303 (0-385-33430-3)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co

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"A startling view of man, stripped of the facade we try so hard to hide behind." In view of man's awesome creativity and resourcefulness, we may be inclined to regard him as descended from the angels, yet, in his brilliant study, Desmond Morris reminds us that man is relative to the apes--is in fact, the greatest primate of all. With knowledge gleaned from primate ethnology, zoologist Morris examines sex, child-rearing, exploratory habits, fighting, feeding, and much more to establish our surprising bonds to the animal kingdom and add substance to the discussion that has provoked controversy and debate the world over. Natural History Magazine praised The Naked Ape as "stimulating . . . thought-provoking . . . [Morris] has introduced some novel and challenging ideas and speculations." "He minces no words," said Harper's. "He lets off nothing in our basic relation to the animal kingdom to which we belong. . . He is always specific, startling, but logical." [via]
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The Naked Eye: Travels in Search of the Human Species
by Desmond Morris

ISBN 0091878675 (0-09-187867-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square

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The first time Morris has written about himself since his autobiography Animal Days (1979).

Desmond Morris wrote his autobiography Animal Days recounting his life up to 1967 when he published The Naked Ape, the world-famous bestseller which portrayed the human species in a way that caused enormous controversy at the time and broke many religious and sexual taboos. It was described by the Sunday Times as the sort of book that changes peoples lives. Since then, Desmond Morris has become one of the worlds authorities on human behaviour, writing numerous other bestsellers on the subject and is a familiar figure to millions of TV viewers for his series on human and animal behaviour.

In this new volume of autobiographical essays, he describes his travels and his observations of human beings and human behaviour in fascinating and often hilarious detail. It was these observations which provided the raw material for such remarkable books as Manwatching and The Human Sexes, and the films that have accompanied them. His travels have taken him from the cities of North America to Mediterranean islands and around the whole of Europe in search of material for Gestures, and to the Pacific and around Africa for The Human Race a total of some sixty countries throughout the world. The final chapter describes his recent journey around the world in ninety days. [via]
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Next of Kin: My Conversations With Chimpanzees
by Stephen Tukel Mills, Roger Routs

ISBN 0380728222 (0-380-72822-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Who We Are
by Roger Fouts, Stephen Tukel Mills, Jane Goodall

ISBN 068814862X (0-688-14862-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins

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On Aggression
by Konrad Lorenz

ISBN 1567311075 (1-56731-107-5)
Hardcover, Fine Communications

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Konrad Lorenz was the author of some of the most popular books ever published about animals, including the best-selling Man Meets Dog and King Solomon's Ring. On Aggression is one of his finest works, as well as the most controversial. Through an insightful and characteristically entertaining survey of animal behaviour, the Nobel Prize winner tracks the evolution of aggression throughout the animal world. He also raises some startling questions when he applies his observations of animal psychology to humankind. His conclusions caused an unprecedented controversy, culminating in a statement adopted by UNESCO in 1989 which appeared to condemn his work. Whether or not Lorenz actually claimed aggression is hard-wired into the human psyche, and that war is an inevitable result, is something readers can decide upon for themselves. However you react, there can be no doubting that in today's violent world this powerful work remains of paramount importance. [via]
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Patterns of Primate Behavior
by Claud A. Bramblett

ISBN 0881337439 (0-88133-743-9)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc

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Sociobiology
by Edward Osborne Wilson

ISBN 0674002350 (0-674-00235-0)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr

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E.O. Wilson defines sociobiology as "the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior," the central theoretical problem of which is the question of how behaviors that seemingly contradict the principles of natural selection, such as altruism, can develop. Sociobiology: A New Synthesis, Wilson's first attempt to outline the new field of study, was first published in 1975 and called for a fairly revolutionary update to the so-called Modern Synthesis of evolutionary biology. Sociobiology as a new field of study demanded the active inclusion of sociology, the social sciences, and the humanities in evolutionary theory. Often criticized for its apparent message of "biological destiny," Sociobiology set the stage for such controversial works as Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene and Wilson's own Consilience.
Sociobiology defines such concepts as society, individual, population, communication, and regulation. It attempts to explain, biologically, why groups of animals behave the way they do when finding food or shelter, confronting enemies, or getting along with one another. Wilson seeks to explain how group selection, altruism, hierarchies, and sexual selection work in populations of animals, and to identify evolutionary trends and sociobiological characteristics of all animal groups, up to and including man. The insect sections of the books are particularly interesting, given Wilson's status as the world's most famous entomologist.

It is fair to say that as an ecological strategy eusociality has been overwhelmingly successful. It is useful to think of an insect colony as a diffuse organism, weighing anywhere from less than a gram to as much as a kilogram and possessing from about a hundred to a million or more tiny mouths.
It's when Wilson starts talking about human beings that the furor starts. Feminists have been among the strongest critics of the work, arguing that humans are not slaves to a biological destiny, forever locked in "primitive" behavior patterns without the ability to reason past our biochemical nature. Like The Origin of Species, Sociobiology has forced many biologists and social scientists to reassess their most cherished notions of how animals work. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
by Edward O. Wilson, Sarah Landry

ISBN 0674816218 (0-674-81621-8)
Hardcover, Harvard University Press

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E.O. Wilson defines sociobiology as "the systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior," the central theoretical problem of which is the question of how behaviors that seemingly contradict the principles of natural selection, such as altruism, can develop. Sociobiology: A New Synthesis, Wilson's first attempt to outline the new field of study, was first published in 1975 and called for a fairly revolutionary update to the so-called Modern Synthesis of evolutionary biology. Sociobiology as a new field of study demanded the active inclusion of sociology, the social sciences, and the humanities in evolutionary theory. Often criticized for its apparent message of "biological destiny," Sociobiology set the stage for such controversial works as Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene and Wilson's own Consilience.
Sociobiology defines such concepts as society, individual, population, communication, and regulation. It attempts to explain, biologically, why groups of animals behave the way they do when finding food or shelter, confronting enemies, or getting along with one another. Wilson seeks to explain how group selection, altruism, hierarchies, and sexual selection work in populations of animals, and to identify evolutionary trends and sociobiological characteristics of all animal groups, up to and including man. The insect sections of the books are particularly interesting, given Wilson's status as the world's most famous entomologist.

It is fair to say that as an ecological strategy eusociality has been overwhelmingly successful. It is useful to think of an insect colony as a diffuse organism, weighing anywhere from less than a gram to as much as a kilogram and possessing from about a hundred to a million or more tiny mouths.
It's when Wilson starts talking about human beings that the furor starts. Feminists have been among the strongest critics of the work, arguing that humans are not slaves to a biological destiny, forever locked in "primitive" behavior patterns without the ability to reason past our biochemical nature. Like The Origin of Species, Sociobiology has forced many biologists and social scientists to reassess their most cherished notions of how life works. --Therese Littleton [via]
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A Spider's World: Senses and Behavior
by Friedrich G. Barth, Ann Biederman-Thorson

ISBN 3540420460 (3-540-42046-0)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag

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The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations
by Robert Ardrey

ISBN 1568361440 (1-56836-144-0)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc

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Territorial Imperative, The, by Ardrey, Robert [via]
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Through a Window: My Thirty Years With the Chimpanzees of Gombe
by Jane Goodall

ISBN 0618056777 (0-618-05677-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin

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The sequel to In the Shadow of Man, this book relates the story of Jane Goodall's thirty years with the chimpanzees of Gombe. [via]
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The Tribe of Tiger: Cats and Their Culture
by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

ISBN 1856950921 (1-85695-092-1)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books

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ow takes readers on an extraordinary journey into the world of cats. "Thomas enjoys the complexity and subtlety of feline society and rejects many of the oversimplifications that have become 'popular knowledge' concerning cats".--Desmond Morris, The New York Review of Books. Illustrations. [via]
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The Truth about Dogs : An Inquiry into the Ancestry, Social Conventions, Mental Habits and Moral Fiber of Canis Familiaris
by Stephen Budiansky

ISBN 014100228X (0-14-100228-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Prepare to have any illusions about your canine companion totally shattered. In writing The Truth About Dogs, author Stephen Budiansky (The Nature of Horses) is determined to uncover the true nature of our beloved beasts, and it's not always a pretty picture. The introduction presents a basic question: why on earth have we allowed these disease-carrying, biting, destructive, and expensive animals into our lives? We know why--it's because we love them, warts and all. So does Budiansky, and once you read past his inflammatory introduction, you'll find a book that presents a new way of looking at old behaviors.
His insistence on the recent evolution of separate breeds, even those generally considered to have originated centuries ago like the Mexican hairless, is sure to be controversial. His interpretation of recent behavioral research may raise some hackles as well, and begins with an examination of pack behavior in wolves. While wild packs have only one dominant male and female, we often expect our dogs to behave submissively to an extended family of dominants--not only can that be difficult, but some of their natural "submissive" behavior can be extremely frustrating. Face-licking is an easy example of this poor conduct; Rover thinks he's showing submission, but Grandma's not thrilled with having an 80-pound shepherd jumping on her. In discussions of more general behaviors, Budiansky's examinations of the motivation levels present in different breeds seems to explain much about the success or failure of obedience training. While you may raise your eyebrows and frown through a few of his assertions, this fresh look at old assumptions makes a fascinating read for anyone who's ever loved a dog. --Jill Lightner [via]
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Visions of Caliban: On Chimpanzees and People
by Dale Peterson, Jane Goodall

ISBN 0820322067 (0-8203-2206-7)
Softcover, Univ of Georgia Pr

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For the last 35 years British biologist Jane Goodall has been living among African chimpanzees, recording their behavior and explaining it in a number of fine books. With literature professor Dale Peterson, Goodall here looks at the place of chimpanzees in the popular imagination, from Shakespeare's play The Tempest (whence the book's title) to David Letterman's monkey-cam, while Goodall recaps her work among chimps and decries their probably unhappy future. As she tells us in chilling detail, the chimpanzees' rain forest habitat is on the decline due to consumption of fuel wood as well as industrial logging, and chimps are thus threatened with extinction. The authors even wonder whether, given the relentless destruction of the chimpanzees' home, the poor creatures might not be better off in zoos. Peterson's and Goodall's point-counterpoint makes for fascinating, if somber, reading. [via]
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When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals
by Susan McCarthy, J. Moussaieff Masson

ISBN 0385314280 (0-385-31428-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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This national bestseller exploring the complex emotional lives of animals was hailed as "a masterpiece" by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and as "marvelous" by Jane Goodall.

The popularity of When Elephants Weep has swept the nation, as author Jeffrey Masson appeared on Dateline NBC, Good Morning America, and was profiled in People for his ground-breaking and fascinating study. Not since Darwin's The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals has a book so thoroughly and effectively explored the full range of emotions that exist throughout the animal kingdom.

From dancing squirrels to bashful gorillas to spiteful killer whales, Masson and coauthor Susan McCarthy bring forth fascinating anecdotes and illuminating insights that offer powerful proof of the existence of animal emotion. Chapters on love, joy, anger, fear, shame, compassion, and loneliness are framed by a provocative re-evaluation of how we treat animals, from hunting and eating them to scientific experimentation. Forming a complete and compelling picture of the inner lives of animals, When Elephants Weep assures that we will never look at animals in the same way again.

From the Trade Paperback edition. [via]
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Yellowstone Wolves in the Wild
by Halfpenny, James, C.

ISBN 1931832269 (1-931832-26-9)
Softcover, Riverbend Pub

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Spectacular color photos of Yellowstone National Park's wild wolves plus eye-witness stories from park scientists and "wolf watchers." An unprecendented portrait of individual wolves and wolf packs and astonishing new information about how wolves are changing the park's very nature. This book sets a new standard for wolf photography and natural history. [via]
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Cuando El Hombre Encontro Al Perro
by Konrad Lorenz

ISBN 8472230465 (84-7223-046-5)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano

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La naturaleza de los gatos :Origenes, inteligencia, comportamiento y astucia del felis silvestris catus / The Nature Of Cats: Origenes, inteligencia, comportamiento y astucia del felis silvestris catus
by Stephen Budiansky

ISBN 8449313813 (84-493-1381-3)
Softcover, Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A

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Nuestra Especie
by Marvin Harris

ISBN 8420639524 (84-206-3952-4)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa

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Todas Las Cosas Brillantes Y Hermosas/All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot

ISBN 8425317010 (84-253-1701-0)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns Inc

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Vacas, Cerdos, Guerras Y Brujas/ Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: Los Enigmas De La Cultura/ the Riddles of Culture
by Marvin Harris

ISBN 842063963X (84-206-3963-X)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa

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Chimpansee-Politiek: Macht En Seks Bij Mensapen
by F. B. M. De Waal

ISBN 9023004477 (90-230-0447-7)
Hardcover, Becht

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Die Acht Todsunden Der Zivilisierten Menschheit
by Konrad Lorenz

ISBN 3492003508 (3-492-00350-8)
Hardcover, R. Piper

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Konrad Lorenz untersucht acht Vorgänge, die die Menschheit als Spezies mit dem Untergang bedrohen: die Überbevölkerung der Erde, die Verwüstung des natürlichen Lebensraums, der Wettlauf des Menschen mit der technologischen Entwicklung, der Schwund der starken Gefühle, der genetische Verfall, die Abkehr von der Tradition, die zunehmende Indoktrinierbarkeit sowie die atomare Aufrüstung. [via]
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