Something similar happened here and now…we have a harp.

Great coverage, and clearly you’ve got the best theory of the bunch!

Ah, no. I also read your book, and your voice is perfecto! 👌

Great review!

And some get mudlarked!

Congratulations!!!

I think it’s a simple point about problems with markers, and what to do about that problem, but the title seems to have caused some confusion. Thanks for reading the actual paper!

and he would change our thinking about the minds of the tiniest animals around us, just as he changed our thinking about chimpanzee societies. But he leaves that work to us, which we will carry on in his memory.

Frans wanted us to present the argument that consciousness matters morally, and that while it may be convenient to deny the feelings of invertebrates, it is not ethically sound. I know if he were here with us today he would still be working on the topic of invertebrate consciousness...

So I was delighted when Frans invited me to co-author a Science Perspective article on the ethics of animal emotions a couple of years ago. We applied the evolutionary continuity argument not just to chimpanzees and other mammals, but to fish, birds and reptiles, molluscs, crabs, and insects...