2026-03-22
43 分钟Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet.
I'm producer Mia Sorrenti.
Humans have long believed themselves separate from and superior to the animal world.
It is new science revealing
that the animals we have lived alongside for millennia have helped shape the way our minds work today.
On today's episode, science writer Michael Bond joins host Dr Ganesh Taylor to argue
that our relationship with animals has influenced human thought, culture and cognition,
and what this means the way we understand ourselves.
Let's join our host Dr Ganesh Taylor now with more.
Welcome to Intelligence Squared.
I'm Dr Ganesh Taylor, Chancellor's Fellow at the Centre for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh.
Our guest today is Michael Bond, an award-winning science writer specialising in human behaviour.
He is a former editor and reporter at New Scientist.
He won a British Psychological Society Book Award for his book, The Power of Others.
And his acclaimed book, Wayfinding, The Art and Science of How We Find and Lose Our Way,
is an exploration of how humans navigate the world and has been translated into five languages.
Today, we will be talking about Animate.
His fascinating new book,
which tells the story of our relationship with animals over the last 40,000 years and how living
with animals has shaped our brains and our cultures.