INDEX
A
Aboriginal Australians
Acheulian tool set
Adams, Douglas, 19
Africa, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
African American people
agriculture
algae
amplexus (embrace-wrestle)
anal sex, ref 2, ref 3
anemones
animal behaviorists
animal classes
antelopes
antibiotics, ref 2
ants, ref 2
apes, great, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
appearance, physical
archaea (microbes)
Aristotle
art, ref 2
artefacts, cultural, ref 2
asexual reproduction
(parthenogenesis), ref 2
Asia, central
ass-fish
astrophysics
Australia, ref 2, ref 3
Australopithecus
auto-fellatio
autoeroticism, ref 2
ax heads, ref 2
B
baboons, gelada
bacteria, ref 2, ref 3
baiji dolphins
Bass Straits, Australia
bats, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
beaks, ref 2
bears, brown, ref 2
bedbugs
bees, ref 2, ref 3
binary fission
biologists
biology, four pillars of
bipeds, ref 2
“birdbrain,” use of
birds
behavior, ref 2
chromosomes
digestion
fire-foraging
and humans
sex and, ref 2
size
social behavior
song, ref 2
birds of prey (raptors), ref 2
Bismarck Archipelago
Blombos Cave, South Africa, ref 2
boars, wild
body shields
bonobos, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
boxwood fragments
brain, ref 2
and body mass
cells, ref 2, ref 3
cerebral cortex
crenellation
density, ref 2
development
female
gene enhancers
orbito-frontal cortex (OFC)
size
Brown, Louise
bullying
bushbabies
butterflies
C
camouflage
cats, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
cave drawings
cell theory
cells, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
cellular metabolism
cereal crops
cerebral cortex
cetaceans, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
“Charlie” (chimpanzee)
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave, France
cheese
cheetahs
chemiosmosis, definition
chimeras
Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust, Zambia
chimpanzees
behavior, ref 2, ref 3
and Bonobos
chromosomes
fashion
fertility
fire and
Fongoli, ref 2
FOXP2 (gene)
infanticide
mating
Ngogo
pygmy
symbolic gestures
Chinese people
Chomsky, Noam
chromosomal abnormalities
chromosomes, ref 2, ref 3
Clacton, Essex
classification, organism
clitorises, ref 2
clownfish
CNTNAP2 (gene)
communication, ref 2
communities, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
conflict
Congo River, ref 2
consciousness
Contact (Sagan)
contraception
cooking
Copernicus, Nicolaus
corvids
coyotes
crabs, ref 2
crenellation, of brain
Cretaceous Period
crickets
Croatia
crocodiles
crows, ref 2, ref 3
cultural transmission, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
cunnilingus
cuttlefish
D
dairy products, ref 2
Darwin, Charles, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Descent of Man, The, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
On the Origin of Species, ref 2
“David Greybeard” (chimpanzee)
Dawkins, Richard
de novo mutations
death, natural causes of
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
demographic structures, ref 2, ref 3
dendrites, ref 2
Denisovans, ref 2, ref 3
Dennett, Daniel
dexterity, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
diet
digestion
dinosaurs, ref 2, ref 3
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), ref 2
great apes
homosexuality, ref 2
make up
Neanderthal, ref 2
dogs, ref 2, ref 3
dolphins, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
bottlenose dolphins, ref 2, ref 3
dotterels, Eurasian
Down’s syndrome
ducks, Argentine ruddy
Dunkleosteus (fish)
dunnocks
E
eels, electric
eggs, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
El Castillo cave, Spain
elephants
African
communication
grief
mirror test
sex
tusks
use of leaves
Ellis, Henry Havelock
embryology, definition
embryos, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
emotions
reading emotions
encephalization quotient (EQ)
English language
epigenetics
evolution, ref 2, ref 3
and genes
by natural selection, ref 2, ref 3
themes
eyes, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
F
faces
animal
and crows
Homo genus, ref 2
human, ref 2, ref 3
reading
falcons, brown
Fall, the
farming
fashion
fauna, and flora
feet, human
fellatio, ref 2
fertilization, external, ref 2
fertility, ref 2, ref 3
Finding Nemo (film)
fine-motor control, ref 2
fire
firehawks
fish
ass-fish
clownfish
cuttlefish
Dunkleosteus (fish)
hermaphrodites
pipefish
salmon, ref 2
sperm
fishing, ref 2
flaking process
flatworms
flies
flippers
flora, and fauna
flying
food processing
foraging, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
foraging tools, ref 2
foreplay
forests, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
foxes
FOXP2 (gene), ref 2
France, ref 2
Freud, Sigmund
frogs
Fry, Hannah
fungi, ref 2
G
Galen (Greek anatomist)
“Gana” (gorilla)
gastroliths (stomach stones)
“gay uncle hypothesis”
gene enhancers (HACNS1), ref 2
gene identification
genes, ref 2, ref 3
CNTNAP2
evolution and
FOXP2, ref 2
homosexuality
identification
NOTCH2NL
SRGAP2
SRGAP2C
genetics
defects
developmental
engineering
universal
genome duplications
genomes, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
genotypes
Germany, ref 2
Gessner, Conrad
gestures, symbolic
“GG rubbing”, ref 2
Gibraltar
giraffes, ref 2, ref 3
gizzards, definition
Gladiator (film)
goats, ref 2, ref 3
Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, ref 2
gongylidia (filaments)
Goodall, Jane, ref 2
Gorham’s Cave, Gibraltar
gorillas, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Gosford, Bob
grammar, and syntax, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
“grandmother hypothesis”
Great Leap Forward
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
grief
H
HACNS1 (gene enhancers)
Hadean period
Hamlet (character)
handprints, cave
hands, ref 2
heads, in art
hearing
Hepburn, Katharine
hermaphrodites
hippopotamuses
History of the Peloponnesian War, The (Thucydides)
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The (Adams)
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)
homicidal necrophiliacs
hominins, ref 2
Homo erectus, ref 2, ref 3
Homo floresiensis
Homo, genus, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Homo habilis
Homo naledi
Homo neanderthalensis
(Neanderthals)
and art
FOXP2 (gene)
and humans, ref 2
hyoid bone
toolmakers
Homo sapiens (humans), ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
homosexuality, ref 2
hooked tools
hooks, ref 2
horizontal gene transfer
hormonal secretions
“Hugh” (chimpanzee)
humans (Homo sapiens), ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
hummingbirds, bee
“Humphrey” (chimpanzee)
Huntington disease
Hurault, Paul, Marquis de Vibraye
hydrothermal vents
hyenas
hygiene, ref 2
hyoid bone, ref 2
I
I, the Aboriginal (Waipuldanya)
iguanas, marine
In Memoriam A. H. H. (Tennyson)
Incredibles, The (film)
indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK)
indigenous people, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Indonesia
infanticide, ref 2
innovation, technological
insects, ref 2
instruments, musical
interoception
Israel
IVF (in vitro fertilization)
ivory sculpture
J
“Jack” (chimpanzee)
Jacob, François
Japan
jaws
jellyfish
“Julie” (chimpanzee)
Jungle Book, The (Kipling)
Jurassic Period
K
“Kathy” (chimpanzee)
Kebara Cave, Israel
Kellogg, John Harvey
Kenya
Kenyanthropus platyops
Kibale National Park, Uganda
kin selection
Kinsey, Alfred
Kinsey Report
kites
Klinefelter syndrome
knapping (stone shaping)
knives, flint
Komodo dragons
Kyung Wha Chung
L
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de
language, ref 2, ref 3
language trees
laryngeal nerve, ref 2
larynx, ref 2
Lascaux Cave, France
leaf-cutter ants
“Leakey” (chimpanzee)
leaves, as tools
leopards
Levick, George
lexical tasks
liana vines
limbs
linguists, ref 2, ref 3
Linnaeus, Carl
Lion Man of the Hohlenstein-Stadel (Löwenmensch) sculpture, Germany
lions, ref 2
lions, cave, ref 2
lipstick
lizards
tegu
whiptail
Lomekwi, Kenya
Lomekwian tools
L’Onanisme (Tissot)
Löwenmensch (Lion Man of the Hohlenstein-Stadel) sculpture, Germany
Lucy (film)
Lyell, Charles
M
macaques, ref 2
macaws
Macbeth, Lady
maceration
magnetic pole reversal
magpies
Mahale Mountains, Tanzania
malaria, ref 2
mammals, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
mantis shrimp
Mara-Serengeti, Kenya
Marind-Anim people, New Guinea
massacres
masturbation, ref 2
matriarchy, ref 2
meerkats
menstrual cycle
Mesolithic Period
mice, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
microbes (archaea)
microcephaly
migration, human, ref 2
milk, ref 2
mind reading
mirror test
missionary position
modernity, ref 2
mole rats
mollusks, ref 2
monkeys, vervet, ref 2
Morocco
morphology
Morris, Desmond
mother–daughter relationships
mother–son relationships, ref 2
moths, Arizonan Tiger
mourning
mouths, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Münster Zoo, Germany
mushrooms
Mutua, Ezekial
N
Naked Ape, The (Morris)
National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, United States
nationalism
natural selection, ref 2, ref 3
Naturuk, Kenya
Neanderthals (Homoneanderthalensis )
and art
FOXP2 (gene)
and humans, ref 2
hyoid bone
toolmakers
necking
necks, ref 2
neckties
necrophilia
nematodes
Neolithic Period
nerves, ref 2
neural tissue
neurons, ref 2
newts
non-reproductive sex, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
noses, ref 2
NOTCH2NL (gene)
O
Obama, Barack
obsidian rock, definition
Okinawa Island, Japan
Oldowan tool set, ref 2, ref 3
On the Parts of Animals (Aristotle)
opportunistic necrophiliacs
oral sex
orangutans, ref 2, ref 3
orbito-frontal cortex (OFC)
organisms
origin of life, theory
ostriches
otters, sea, ref 2, ref 3
ovulation, ref 2
P
Paleolithic Age, ref 2, ref 3
Pan, genus, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
pareidolia
parrots
parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction), ref 2
paws
peacocks
penguins, Adélie, ref 2, ref 3
“penis fencing”, ref 2, ref 3
penises, ref 2, ref 3
people watching
Pepys, Samuel
phallic symbolism
phenotypes, ref 2
Philosophie Zoologique (Lamarck)
phototransduction, definition
physical appearance
Piaf, Édith
pigeons
pigs
Pinnacle Point, South Africa
pipefish
placenta
plants, flowering
pleasure, ref 2
plugs, copulatory
polar bears
political differences
populations, growth in
prairie dogs
pregnancy, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
primary colors
primates, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
procreation
proprioception
proteins, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
psychiatric conditions
psycholinguists
Q
quadrupeds
R
rabbits
racial groups
radial glia (brain cells)
rams
rape
raptors (birds of prey), ref 2
rats, ref 2
ravens
recognition
red (word), in language
Redish, David, ref 2
regret
religion, ref 2, ref 3
“reproductive cannibalism"
reptiles, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Restaurant Row experiment
ritual practices
RNA (ribonucleic acid), ref 2
Roberts, Alice
roboticists
rocks/stones, as weapons
role players
romantic necrophiliacs
rooks
rotifers (organisms)
S
Sagan, Carl
Sahelanthropus tchadensis (hominin)
St. Acheul, France
salmon, ref 2
Sambia people (tribe), Papua New Guinea
savannahs, ref 2, ref 3
scarecrows
science, nature of
scratching, animals
screen time
sculptures, ref 2
sea lions
sea snails
seahorses
seals, harbor
self-awareness
Selfish Gene, The (Dawkins)
semen, ref 2
Senegal
sex
anal, ref 2, ref 3
intercourse, ref 2, ref 3
non-reproductive, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
oral
partners
rape
reproduction
selection, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
slaves
transactional
and violence
Sex by Numbers (Spiegelhalter)
sex determination
sexually transmitted diseases
Shakespearean characters, ref 2
Shark Bay, Australia, ref 2
sheep, ref 2
shrews
Simpsons, The (TV program)
skill levels
Skinner, B. F.
Smith, John Maynard
snakes, ref 2
Socrates
songbirds
South Africa, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Spain
sparrows, hedge
spears, ref 2
speech
speech disorders
sperm, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
spiders, redback
Spiegelhalter, David, ref 2
sponges (animals)
sponging
squirrels, ref 2
SRGAP2 (gene)
SRGAP2C (gene)
statues
stegosaurus
Steiner, Adam
sticks, multipurpose, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
stone tools
stones/rocks as weapons
striders, water
Studies in the Psychology of Sex (Ellis)
Stuttgart Zoo
Sulewesi, Indonesia
swallows, barn
symbolism, ref 2, ref 3
synapses
syncytium (cells)
syntax, and grammar, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
T
Tanzania, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Tasmania
technology, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
teeth
Tennyson, Alfred Lord
tetrachromacy (superhuman vision), definition
ties
“Tinka” (chimpanzee)
Tissot, Samuel-Auguste
tongues, ref 2
tools
Acheulian
ax heads, ref 2
definition
foraging, ref 2
hooked
leaves as
Lomekwian
Neanderthal
Oldowan, ref 2, ref 3
stone
use of, ref 2
wooden
“transactional sex"
transcription factors
transpontine
“traumatic insemination"
tribalism
Trinil, Java
tsessebes (antelopes)
tuataras
Turner syndrome
Tuscany, Italy
twins
Tyrannosaurus rex
U
Uganda
V
“Val” (chimpanzee)
Vanuatu
Venus figurines
Venus of Hohle Fells (sculpture), ref 2
verbal apraxia
violence, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
viruses, ref 2
vision, ref 2
Vogelherd Cave, Germany
W
war, ref 2
Warne, Shane
wasps, ref 2
water boatmen
water crossing
weapons
whales
blue
communication and
killer
penis fencing
pilot, ref 2
sperm
Wilde, Oscar
Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa
wooden tools
words, meaning of
writing
Z
Zagreb Zoo, Croatia
Zambia
zoo behavior, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4