Chasing Doctor Dolittle by Con Slobodchikoff

Chasing Doctor Dolittle by Con Slobodchikoff

Groundbreaking research has been done teaching animals human language, but what about the other way around? Studies have shown that lizards, squid, monkeys, and birds are talking to each other, communicating information about food, predators, squabbles, and petty jealousies. These animal languages are unique and highly adaptive. By exploring them, we come to appreciate the basis of our own languages; understanding or even "speaking" them allows us to get closer to the other species who inhabit this planet with us. The implications of animals having language are enormous. It has been one of the last bastions separating "us" from "them." In "Chasing Doctor Dolittle", he posits that the difference is one of degree, not the vast intellectual chasm that philosophers have talked about for millennia. Filled with meticulous research, vivid examples and daring conclusions, this book will challenge the reader's assumptions and open up new possibilities of understanding our fellow creatures.

CON SLOBODCHIKOFF is a professor of biology at Northern Arizona University and director of the Animal Language Institute. He has a B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

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ISBN 13	9780312611798
ISBN 10	031261179X
Titel	Chasing Doctor Dolittle
Autor	Con Slobodchikoff
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	St. Martin's Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2012-11-27
Seitenanzahl	320
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