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Friday Animal BlogSalmon have preoccupied my thoughts this week.March 26, 2010
Salmon have preoccupied my thoughts this week.
Or more precisely, the spiritual relationship that the Winnemem Wintu people of California, who are Native American, feel with salmon. "California tribe hopes to woo salmon home from New Zealand," an article published in last Sunday’s New York Times and written by Jesse McKinley, explains that (more…) |
Selected WorksNonfiction
Being With Animals
Why are animals so irresistible to us? Why do we live with and care so deeply about them? Evolving God
Can scientists discover a prehistory of religion just as they have traced the evolution of technology, language, and art? What does compassion in chimpanzees, or burial patterns in our human ancestors and Neanderthals, tell us about the origins of religion? In Evolving God, named a Top Ten Religion Book for 2007 by the American Library Association, Barbara King explores these questions. The Dynamic Dance
How do chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas-- the African apes -- communicate using body postures and gestures? Using her many years of experience studying these apes, Barbara King answers this question in a book that offers a new perspective on the evolution of language. |