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INDEX
Abel (crow)
Abyssinia
Afghanistan
Africa
agriculture
AIBO robot
AIDS
Aitchison, Jean
Akeakamai (dolphin)
alarm calls
Alda, Alan
Alex (case study)
Alex (parrot)
Al-Sayyid Bedouin sign language
Amboseli Elephant Research Project
American Anthropological Association
American Sign Language
analogy
Ancestor’s Tale, The (Dawkins)
animal communication vs. human communication
animal language research
see also specific animals
animals
cognition in
n see also specific animals
Animals in Translation (Grandin)
anthropocentrism
anthropology
ants
apes:
brains of
calls of
culture of
gestures by
as human ancestors
music of
pointing by
with protolanguage
tongues of
tools used by
vocal learning lacking in
see also specific apes Ape and the Sushi Master, The (de Waal)
ape language research (ALR)
aphasia
Arabidopsis
Aramaic
Arbib, Michael
Arnold, Kate
Arthur (parrot)
articulation
artificial intelligence
Asia
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (Chomsky)
ASPM gene
Atema, Jelle
Atoms of Language, The (Baker)
auditory cortex
Austin (chimpanzee)
Australia
australopithecines
Avian Brain Nomenclature
Consortium
“Avian Brains and a New Understanding of Vertebrate Brain Evolution,”
baboons
Babylonians
bacteria
Baker, Mark
Balaban, Evan
Baldwinian evolution
Barcelona, Universidad de
Baroque Cycle, The (Stephenson)
basal ganglia
Bates, Elizabeth
bats
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Behavioral Ecology Research Group
behaviorism
Bellwood, Peter
belugas
Betty (crow)
Bever, Thomas
Beyond Freedom and Dignity (Skinner)
Bickerton, Derek
Biology and Evolution of Language, The (Lieberman)
biotechnology
bipedalism
birds
brains of
concept of zero and
FOXP2 in
learning by
songs of
see also specific birds