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