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Enthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind's essential link to the animal world. The New York Times Book Review (Editors'' Choice)

A great book . . . [Godfrey-Smith is] brilliant at describing just what he sees, the patterns of behaviour of the animals he observes. Nigel Warburton, Five Books

The scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousness

Dip below the ocean's surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are more reminiscent of plant life or even architecture than anything recognizably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal kingdomthe Metazoathey can teach us much about the evolutionary origins of not only

Metazoa

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      Publisher Picador USA
      Published 26 October 2021
      ISBN-13 9781250800268
      978-1250800268
      ISBN-10 1250800269
      Also in:
      Evolution / Evolutionary biology Impact of science and technology on society Zoology and animal sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Enthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind's essential link to the animal world. The New York Times Book Review (Editors'' Choice)

      A great book . . . [Godfrey-Smith is] brilliant at describing just what he sees, the patterns of behaviour of the animals he observes. Nigel Warburton, Five Books

      The scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousness

      Dip below the ocean's surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are more reminiscent of plant life or even architecture than anything recognizably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal kingdomthe Metazoathey can teach us much about the evolutionary origins of not only

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