Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Being Human

Concerns about the recent explosions of diseases like HIV, the\nWest Nile Virus, and other avian and swine flus that originate in\nanimals have encouraged new efforts on a global scale to bridge the\ngap between animal and human medicine for the benefit of\nboth._Zoobiquity_is the first book to explore many of the\nhuman and animal health issues that overlap and provides new\ninsight into the treatment of many diseases including diabetes,\ncancer, heart disease and mental illness.

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But_Zoobiquity_is even bigger than health and academic\nmedicine, and encompasses much more than our diseases and how to\ncure them. It sheds light on the evolution of hierarchies and\nsimilarities between a tribe of apes and a Fortune 500 company. It\nsuggests that the ways we run our political and justice systems may\noverlap with how animals protect and defend their territories - and\nthat examining this possibility in a scientifically credible way\ncould help strengthen our institutions. It dangles the possibility\nthat human parenting could be informed by a greater knowledge and\nrespect for how our animal cousins solve issues of childcare,\nsibling rivalry and infertility.

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