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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Classical Roots | |
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| Pre-Darwinian Roots | |
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| Natural Selection and Mental Continuity | |
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| Evolution of Instincts | |
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| Nature versus Nurture | |
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| Levels of Analysis | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Principles of Evolutionary Theory | |
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| Biological Evolution | |
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| Evidence for Evolution | |
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| Genotype and Phenotype | |
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| Logic of Natural Selection | |
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| Origin and Preservation of Genetic Variability | |
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| Natural Selection | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Origin and Evolution of Animals | |
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| Diversity of Life | |
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| Geological Background | |
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| Origin and Evolution of Animals | |
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| Patterns of Diversity | |
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| Elements of Cladistics | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Evolution and Development | |
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| Early Development | |
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| Development and Evolution | |
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| Development of the Vertebrate Nervous System | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Behavioral Neurology | |
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| Simple Nervous Systems and Behavior | |
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| The Invertebrate Phyla: An Overview | |
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| Behavior and Simple Neural Networks | |
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| Behavioral and Neural Plasticity | |
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| Evolution of Learning Mechanisms in Mollusks | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Evolution of the Vertebrate Brain and Behavior | |
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| Key innovations of the Vertebrates | |
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| Comparative Neurology | |
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| Telencephalon | |
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| Brain Size | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Learning and Cognition | |
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| General Processes in Associative Learning | |
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| Forms of Associative Learning | |
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| Classical Conditioning | |
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| Instrumental Conditioning | |
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| Situational Generality of Associative Learning | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Comparative Analysis of Associative Learning | |
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| Comparative Methodology | |
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| Learning in Invertebrates | |
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| Learning Mechanisms as Adaptations | |
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| Learning and Phylogenetic History | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Animal Cognition | |
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| From Associative Learning to Cognition | |
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| Concept Learning | |
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| Higher Cognitive Processes | |
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| Mental Continuity and Discontinuity | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Development of Behavior | |
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| Genes and Behavior | |
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| Mendelian Behavior Genetics | |
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| Quantitative Genetics | |
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| Behavioral Mutants | |
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| Another Look at Natural Selection | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Early Learning and Behavior | |
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| Prenatal and Prehatching Behavior | |
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| Infant Behavior | |
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| Infant Learning | |
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| Development of Complex Behavior | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Early Social Learning and Behavior | |
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| Imprinting | |
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| Reproductive and Social Behavior | |
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| Development of Vocal Behavior | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Social Evolution | |
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| Reproductive and Social Behavior | |
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| Mechanisms Underlying Social Behavior | |
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| Mating Systems | |
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| Patterns of Reproductive Behavior | |
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| Infant Care | |
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| Complex Animal Societies | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| Brain, Behavior, and Evolution of Primates | |
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| What is a Primate? | |
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| Early Primate Evolution | |
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| Hominid Evolution | |
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| Evolution of Language | |
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| Chapter Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |