ABSTRACT
A book devoted to the topic of comparative research on animal behavior is obliged to include some discussion of human behavior. However, it is important to acknowledge at the outset that the common distinction between “human” and “animal” research is a misnomer. Man (in a generic sense) is a biological phenomenon subject to the same basic metabolic and homeostatic principles as other organisms. From an evolutionary perspective man is as much an animal as any other animal; intellectually gifted perhaps, but nevertheless a byproduct of evolution. To be consistent, therefore, the dichotomy that has been erected between humans and animals would have to be extended to all other species (i.e., rat versus animal, chicken versus animal, frog versus animal). 1
