Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. 1 Challenges to the Evolution of Intelligence 1
5. 2 Seven Hypotheses 12
6. 3 Learning Behavioral Sequences 26
7. 4 Genetic Guidance of Learning 51
8. 5 Sources of Information 60
9. 6 Social Learning 73
10. 7 Can Animals Think? 86
11. 8 The Nature of Animal Intelligence 113
12. 9 Uniquely Human 124
13. 10 The Transition 141
14. 11 How and Why Does Thinking Work? 149
15. 12 Acquisition and Transmission of Sequential Information 167
16. 13 Social Transmission of Mental Skills 177
17. 14 Cooperation 191
18. 15 The Power of Cultural Evolution 198
19. 16 Why Only Humans? 209
20. REFERENCES 227
21. INDEX 275
22. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 281