RaveThe Times (UK)... as an expert in animal ecology and communication at the University of Cambridge, [Kershenbaum\'s] perspective is fascinating ... a fascinating plunge into the deep-time history of life on Earth and animal evolution in all its glorious diversity ... These later chapters on communication and intelligence are where Kershenbaum really settles into his stride ... Pondering scientifically on the concept of the extraterrestrial, of universalities and alternatives, is to hold a full-length mirror up to ourselves. This allows us to deconstruct everything from our physiology to psychology, and so explore why humans are the way we are. To comprehend the alien is to know thyself.
