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A ‘metaphising’ dung beetle
Author(s) -
Kováč Ladislav
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2010.72
Subject(s) - umwelt , biology , environmental ethics , astrobiology , ecology , philosophy , linguistics
Humans and beetles both have a species‐specific Umwelt circumscribed by their sensory equipment. However, Ladislav Kováč argues that humans, unlike beetles, have invented scientific instruments that are able to reach beyond the conceptual borders of our Umwelt .