CONTENTS

Title Page

List of Illustrations

Introduction

PART ONE

Humans and Other Animals

TOOLS

What it Takes to Be a Maker

Tooled-up Animals

Sponging Dolphins

The Birds

Fiery the Angels Fell

War for the Planet of the Apes

Farming and Fashion

SEX

The Birds and the Bees

Autoeroticism

Mouthing Off

Whole Lotta Love

Homosexuality

And Death Shall Have No Dominion

Sex and Violence

PART TWO

The Paragon of Animals

Everyone is Special

Genes, Bones and Minds

24 – 2 = 23

Hands and Feet

Trippingly on the Tongue

Speak Now

Symbolism in Words

Symbolism Beyond Words

If Only You Could See What I’ve Seen with Your Eyes

Know Thyself

Je Ne Regrette Rien

Teach a Village to Fish . . .

The Paragon of Animals

Also by Adam Rutherford

Acknowledgements

References

Copyright