Comparing Animal and Human Communication
2nd 8-week session

This course deals with the communication systems of non-human
animals, addressing them both on their own terms and in comparison
with the communication systems of human animals--languages.  The
primary focus is on communication in bees, birds, frogs, cetaceans
(dolphins and whales), and primates, though we will also have
something to say about certain other creatures (and perhaps vice
versa).  Considerable attention is devoted to differences between
animals' communicative achievements in the wild vs. in contact with
humans.  Based on all this, we assess what implications can be drawn
from animal communicative behavior about animal cognition more
generally.