Artists Like Cats; Soldiers Like Dogs.

People Who Keep Dogs Live Longer On Average Than Those Who Do Not. This Is Not Some Kind Of Pro-canine Campaigning Fantasy. It Is A Simple Medical Fact That The Calming Influence Of The Company Of A Friendly Pet Animal Reduces Blood Pressure And Therefore The Risk Of Heart Attack.

We May Prefer To Think Of Ourselves As Fallen Angels, But In Reality We Are Rising Apes.

Sexual Behavior In Our Species Goes Through Three Characteristic Phases: Pair Formation, Precopulatory Activity, And Copulation, Usually But Not Always In That Order. The Pair-formation Stage, Usually Referred To As Courtship, Is Remarkably Prolonged By Animal Standards.

We Never Stop Investigating. We Are Never Satisfied That We Know Enough To Get By. Every Question We Answer Leads On To Another Question. This Has Become The Greatest Survival Trick Of Our Species.

It Must Be Stressed That There Is Nothing Insulting About Looking At People As Animals. We Are Animals, After All. Homo Sapiens Is A Species Of Primate, A Biological Phenomenon Dominated By Biological Rules, Like Any Other Species. Human Nature Is No More Than One Particular Kind Of Animal Nature. Agreed, The Human Species Is An Extraordinary Animal; But All Other Species Are Also Extraordinary Animals, Each In Their Own Way, And The Scientific Man-watcher Can Bring Many Fresh Insights To The Study Of Human Affairs If He Can Retain This Basic Attitude Of Evolutionary Humility.