209–10, 212
insects, wings of, 74 , 75
insight, 64–65, 64 , 67, 68, 89, 91, 321
instincts, 37, 271
use of term, 56
intelligence, 321
generalized, 68, 88
and language, 110–11
use of term, 11
intelligence testing, 128
Intelligent Design, 122
intentionality, 68, 78, 222
intentional signaling, 137–38
In the Shadow of Man (Goodall), 169–70
introspection, 44
Itani, Junichiro, 60
Ivory Coast, 83
jackdaws, 8–9, 37, 39, 71, 98
Jakie (chimpanzee), 134
James, William, 226–27
Janik, Vincent, 263
Janmaat, Karline, 210
Japanese primatology, 51, 60–61
jays, 136, 146–47, 147 , 211, 217–18
Jigokudani Monkey Park, Japan, 87
joint intentionality, 190–91, 190 , 192,
194
Joni (chimpanzee), 96, 97
Kafka, Franz, Metamorphosis, 7, 13
Kalunde (chimpanzee), 172, 173
Kandula (elephant), 16–17, 16
Kanzi (bonobo), 109, 110–11, 113, 227
Katie (chimpanzee), 154
Kennedy, John F., 56
Khrushchev, Nikita, 56
killjoy account, 51, 321
King, Stephanie, 263
kissing, 24–25, 24 , 26, 171
Kitcher, Philip, 223
kittiwakes, 31–32, 270
know-thy-animal rule, 53, 77, 321
Köhler, Wolfgang:
on animal cognition, 63, 64 , 271
chimpanzee research of, 63–66, 64 , 67, 68, 73, 76, 96, 154
and evolutionary cognition, 65
on future planning, 217
influence of, 113, 265, 271
The Mentality of Apes, 65
Kohts, Alexander Fiodorovich, 95–96
Kohts, Nadia, 95–98, 97 , 103, 113, 265
Infant Chimpanzee and Human Child, 96
matching-to-sample research of, 96–97, 260
Kohts, Roody, 96
Koko (gorilla), 105–6, 109
Köpfchengeben (head giving), 21
Kortlandt, Adriaan, 226
Koshima Island, 51–53
Koyama, Nicola, 219
Krom (chimpanzee), 134
Kuif (chimpanzee), 3
Kummer, Hans, 59, 60, 169, 175, 265
Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste, 96
language:
acquisition of, 99–102
and animal cognition, 100–104, 113–14
body language, 131–32
capacities underlying, 107–8
capacity for, 112–13
evolution of, 109
flexibility of, 106
and intelligence, 110–11
labeling of objects, 99
local dialects, 258
and memory, 212
and referential signaling, 107
roles of, 107–8
survival value of, 107
and theory of mind, 131–32
in thinking process, 101
Language Research Center, Atlanta, 227
laughter, 25
“law of effect,” 20–21, 20
Leah (gorilla), 81–82
Leakey, Louis, 78, 127
learning:
associative, 27, 200, 255, 266
BIOL, 155, 259
biologically prepared, 58, 113, 271, 319, 320
and cognition, 69, 271
equivalence, 183
evolutionary forces in, 59
inborn specializations, 32–33
role of, 69
social, 155, 256, 258
social traditions, 51–53, 77 , 78–79
species-appropriate, 32
as tool, 69
trial-and-error, 21, 31, 66, 68, 84
vocal, 109
learning mechanism, 151
learning theory, 57–58, 271
Leavens, David, 137
Lehrman, Daniel, 55–56
Lethmate, Jürgen, 245
Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, 195
Linguistic Society of Paris, 109
Linnaeus, Carl, Systema Natura, 126
lions, 191
Lisala (bonobo), 213–15, 214 , 217, 232
Living Links, 161
Liza (chimpanzee), 91–92
Loch Ness Monster, 141
Locke, John, 158
logic, 54–55
Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary, 213
Lolita (chimpanzee), 148–49
long-range future orientation, 205
Lorenz, Konrad, 6, 44, 275
and behavioral evolution, 40
and ethology, 38
on Ganzheitsbetrachtung, 19–20, 21, 61
jackdaws studied by, 37, 71, 259
Nobel Prize to, 61
as public lecturer, 38–39
Roah (raven) communicating with, 259–60, 263
waterfowl studies of, 27, 28, 37, 39, 40
Lovitz, Jon, 126
Lysenko, Trofim, 95–96
Maasai, 238–39
macaques:
conformism in, 256
hands of, 14
imitation by, 154
lab for, 59
memory task for, 230–31, 231
and perspective taking, 138
social relationships of, 177, 181
sweet potato washing by, 51–53, 52
tool use by, 87–88
macaw, 97, 97
Machiavelli, Niccolò, The Prince, 168, 176, 200
Madame Bee (chimpanzee), 68
magic well, 11, 13, 22, 106, 250, 321
magpies, 244
Malcolm, Norman, 101
male superiority, 127
Mama (chimpanzee), 67, 68,
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