An eternal fascination -- Two histories afield -- Swimming with dolphins, swinging with apes -- Dolphin and ape societies-whys and wherefores -- Cognition: minds in the sea and forest -- Master politicians -- Culture vultures -- Toward the roots of human intelligence
Summary
In this first book to study apes and dolphins side by side, a dolphin biologist and a primatologist who have spent their careers studying these animals in the wild, combine their insights with compelling results. Beautiful Minds explains how and why apes and dolphins are so distantly related yet so cognitively alike and what this teaches us about another large-brained mammal: Homo sapiens
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-322) and index
