The Parrot in the Mirror
Book description
How similar are your choices, behaviours, and lifestyle to those of a parrot?
We humans are not like other mammals. We look like them, but we don't act like them. In fact, many of our defining human traits: our longevity, intelligence, monogamy and childrearing, and learning and language, all deep…
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1 author picked The Parrot in the Mirror as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Sometimes, a book comes along that simply surprises you, which is exactly what happened when I read The Parrot in the Mirror.
We (humans) don’t look much like birds, but this book’s evolutionary and behavioral argument is that we are much more similar to birds than you might possibly imagine. I was astonished and also convinced – but you really need to read this book to find out why!
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