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Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, 86
Goldfish: mutual protection by, 58
Gorilla, Gorilla gorilla, 63
Greeks, 178
Grooming, reciprocal:
by primates, 66
Grosbeak(s), 86
Evening, Coccothraustes vespertinus: female feeds male, 69
Group selection. See Intergroup selection
Grouse, Black, Lyrurus tetrix, 27
Sage, Centrocercus urophasianus, 27
Guava, Psidium guajava, 86
Gull, Black-headed, Larus ridibundus, 64
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Hands:
and intelligence, 95
Hares:
ground thumping by, 59
Harmonization, 1213, 15, 17, 33, 4143, 7778, 141, 193, 197200
Hawk, Cooper's, Accipiter cooperii, 58
Heath Hen, Tympanuchus cupido, 144
Hebb, D. O., 165
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 153
Hegner, R. W., 126
Heliamphora nutans, 101
Helpers, mammalian, 7678.
For birds see cooperative breeding
Hen, domestic:
social hierarchies of, 60
Heresies, biological:
anthropomorphism, 13234;
intergroup selection, 14350;
teleology, 13443
Herodotus, 67
Hillstar, Andean, Oreotrochilus estella;
female feeds male, 69
Horse:
annoying behavior of, 188;
conflict between stallion and gelding, 3435;
friendship with other animals, 39;
mutual grooming by, 6667;
relations with plants, 8586
Howell, Thomas R., 67
Hudson, William Henry, 71
Human bondage:
release from, 51;
source of, 50
Human nature:
intrinsic goodness of, 50
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Humans, humankind:
auguries of salvation of, 201202;
excessive abundance of, 201;
relations with plants, 8788;
threatened disaster of, 201;
tribal life of, 95
Hummingbirds, 28, 158
Hunger: as cause of conflict, 3739
Huntsman's Cup, Sarracenia purpurea, 99, 100
Hydra, Green, 129
Hymenoptera, 64;
social bonds of, 70
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Ideals:
barbarous, 18287;
need of, 19093
Ikhnaton, 178
Immelmann, Klaus, 64
Individual distance of birds:
as mobile territory, 64
Insects:
abundance of, 85;
exploitation of plants by, 85;
number of species of, 85
Instinct:
and learning, 165;
phases of, 16668;
and reflex action, 16465;
subordination to intelligence of, 16971
Insulation of organisms:
consequences of, 38, 199
Intellectual maturity:
and vital integrity, 19092
Intelligence, 16971;
aberrations of dawning, 18790;
of animals, 18790;
disillusion of, 18687;
gigantic task of nascent, 17172;
rank growth of special motives of, 17982;
tragic mistake of nascent, 17275
Intergroup selection, 131, 14350;
absence of in vegerative multiplication, 147;
changing attitudes toward, 150;
compared with interindividual selection, 14345;
and cooperative breeding, 14647;
measures of fitness in, 14344;
and sexual reproduction, 4647;
transcends specific limits, 149
Isaiah, 39
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Jacaranda trees, Jacaranda spp., 81
Jackals, Canis aureus, 77
Jackdaw, Corvus monedula, 61
Jackfish, Crevalle, 58
Jay, Brown, Cyanocorax morio:
cooperative breeding of, 75
European, Garrulus glandarius: social relations of, 61
Florida scrub, Aphelocoma coerulescens: cooperative breeding of, 75
Johnson, Robert A., 76
Jolly, Alison, 66
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Kipling,John Lockwood, 38
Knorr, Owen A., 71
Köhler, Wolfgang, 171, 18788
Kropotkin, Petr Aleksyeevich, 54, 77
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Labroides dimidiatus, 68
Language:
effects of, 9596;
origins of, 95
Langurs, Presbytis spp., brutality of, 25
Lawrence, Louise de Kiriline, 69
Leks, 28. See also courtship assemblies
Lemurs:
grooming by, 66
Lentibulariaceae, 108
Lianas:
aggressiveness of, 81, 84
Life, or living organisms:
adaptation to environment of, 12;
conflicts of, 1314;
consequences of insulation of, 18;
toughness and aggressiveness of, 813
Lions, Felis leo:
brutality