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word word格式 word word格式 Lectures An imal Aware ness and Thought （动物的意识与思想 ） Antibiotics （抗生素） Beta Pictoris （绘架座 3 星） Child Development （儿童的发展过程） Climate and Population （气候与人口） Co-evolution （共同进化） Deforestation （森林砍伐） Early Magazines （早期的杂志） Early Written Language （早期的手写文字） Gen etic Diversity in Crops （农作物基因的多样性 ） Gullies on Mars （浸蚀谷） History of In sura nee （保险的历史） In flue nee of thd Media （媒体的影响） Mammoth Cave Archeology （巨大洞穴考古研究 ） Mayan Drought （毁玛雅文明的大旱灾 ） New Media T echnology （新媒体科技） Nullification Crisis （拒行联邦法危机） Periodic Extinction （周期性绝种） Petrified Wood （石化木） Salesperson Attributes （销售人员特征） Stress （压力） Support Groups for Writers （作家互助会） Tidal Power Gen eratio n （潮汐发电） Why Pla nets Are Rou nd （行星体为何成球状 ） We need to understand how the reading process varies when we go from writing system to ano ther, kno wledges of how this affects the n eurological processes Animal Awareness and Thought Animal behaviour is currently jK well jk I guess you could say its a pretty hot field of research. A lot of work is being done in trying to answer certain basic questions about the other creatures we share this planet with One of the issues that I find particu^rly interesting is the question of to what degree animals--and by animals, of course I mean animals other than humans-to what degree these non-human animals are capable of self awareness and conscious thought. For some time now, researchers have been trying to determine if animals think in the same sense that we do, or if. on the other hand, their behaviour is just a 卩altern of automated reactions, kind of like a computer program that runs from birth-what we commonly refer to as instinct. In 亡ase any of you are wonderirig why we should careb Jefs talk about the importance of this for a minute or two. Whether animals think is a question that has both practical and moral implications-serious ones. We as humans position ourselves at the top of the nsdu『合I hierarchy by comparing ourselves to other animals and then basicaHy