165, 166, 184–85
Man the Toolmaker (Oakley), 76
Marino, Lori, 243
Marks, Jonathan, 268
marmosets, brain studies of, 115
Martin, Chris, 161–62
Martin-Ordas, Gema, 208–9
Marzluff, John, 71–72
Mason, William, 87
Massen, Jorg, 200–201
matching-to-sample paradigm, 321, see also matching-to-sample (MTS) research
matching-to-sample (MTS) research, 19, 96–97, 260
mates, search for, 32
Mather, Jennifer, 249
Matsuzawa, Tetsuro, 80, 128, 259
Mayr, Ernst, 4
McComb, Karen, 238
mechanism vs. function, 73–74
memory:
autobiographical, 209–10
of birds, 211
of chimpanzees, 119–20, 120 , 121, 207–10
and cognitive research, 163
of dolphins, 263
episodic, 207–12, 229
and human amnesics, 233
and language, 212
of monkeys, 205, 229, 230–31
of orangutans, 209
of rats, 163, 211
Mentality of Apes, The (Köhler), 65
mental time travel, 221, 321
Menzel, Charles, 138–40, 227
Menzel, Emil, 66–67, 138, 267
chimpanzee studies of, 67, 68, 169, 188
influence of, 147, 169, 265
and Theory of Mind, 131
metacognition, 229–34, 321
and consciousness, 229, 233–34
information seeking, 231–33, 231
and uncertainty response, 230–31, 231
Metamorphosis (Kafka), 7, 13
Mike (chimpanzee), 170
mindreading, 132, 135
miracles, 43
mirror-anesthesia hypothesis, 53
mirror mark test, 321, see also mirror tests, and elephants; mirror tests, in gorillas; mirror tests, and monkeys; mirror tests, visual mark test
mirror neurons, 159
mirror tests:
and birds, 242, 244
and chimpanzees, 48–50
and dogs, 242
and elephants, 17–18, 157, 235–36, 236
in gorillas, 240
and monkeys, 242, 243
and self-awareness, 240–42
visual mark test, 235–36, 236 , 243–44
missing link, 160–61
Mito, Satsue, 51–52
modification, gradual, 43
mole, star-nosed, 8
mollusks, 245–52
monkeys:
communication by, 107–8
confirmism in, 256
cooperation in, 186
imitation in, 156
memory of, 205, 229, 230–31
neotropical, 83
and self-awareness, 240–41, 242
Moore, Bruce, 21
Morgan, Lloyd, 42
Morgan’s Canon, 42–43, 55, 321
morphology, 39
Morrell, Virginia, 128
Morris, Desmond, 222–23
The Naked Ape, 38
Morris Water Maze, 35
motivation, 34, 150
Mount Parnassus, 22
Mulcahy, Nicholas, 216
mutualism, 198–99
Nagel, Thomas, 9–11
Naked Ape, The (Morris), 38
Natasha (chimpanzee), 208
Natua (dolphin), 230
natural selection, 23, 122–23
nature-nurture dilemma, 150
Neanderthals, 127
Neisser, Ulric, 238
nematode worms, 162
Neo-Creationism, 122
neophobia, 254
neurogeography, 115
neuroscience, 268, 273–74
Ngamba Island, Uganda, 152
Nim Chimpsky (chimpanzee), 99–100
Nishida, Toshisada, 171–73, 200
Nose (rhesus monkey), 257–58
nursing, mammalian, 74, 75
Oakley, Kenneth, Man the Toolmaker, 76
object permanence, 98, 321
Occam’s razor, 43
O’Connell, Caitlin, 202
octopuses, 246–52, 246
brain of, 248
camouflage in, 250–51
life cycle of, 249
mimicry in, 251
recognition test, 247–48
tool use by, 94
uniqueness of, 249
World Cup predictions by, 105
operant conditioning, 31, 36, 37, 99
opossums, opposable thumbs of, 75
orangutans:
as escape artists, 81
floating peanut task, 92
future planning by, 216, 219–20
in Hominoid family, 80–81
memory in, 209
problem solving by, 84
tool use by, 81
orcas, brain size of, 248
os intermaxillare, 125, 126
Osnabrück Zoo, Germany, 245
Osvath, Mathias, 215
otter, Asian small-clawed, 32
overimitation, see imitation, overimitation
“overlord” position, 178–79, 179
oxytocin, 150
Palin, Sarah, 162
pandas, giant, 32
pangolins, 75
Panzee (chimpanzee), 138–39, 228
Parr, Lisa, 18–19
parrots:
cooperation among, 186
counting abilities of, 103–4
delayed gratification in, 225
imitation in, 156
language in, 98–99, 100–105
toolmaking by, 103
Peony (chimpanzee), 143
Pepperberg, Irene, 98–99, 100, 103–4, 105, 113
Pepsi (elephant), 235, 243
perception, 238
percussive stone technology,