METAZOA (PB)

In his previous book, Other Minds, scuba diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explored the mind of the octopus - the closest thing to an intelligent alien on Earth. In Metazoa, he expands his inquiry to animals at large, investigating the simultaneous evolution of consciousness and physical experience with the help of species from glass sponges, soft corals and banded shrimp to birds and primates. Combining vivid animal encounters with philosophy and biology, Metazoa reveals the impossibility of separating the evolution of our minds from the evolution of animal life.