# “Getting to know you”: how do animals recognise each other and us?

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Keith Kendrick
- Year: 2003
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/getting-know-you-how-do-animals-recognise-each-other-and-us)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

For social animals one of the major skills that must be learned is how to recognise important individuals in their social environment. This lecture is an examination of the capacities for different species to recognise each other by scent, sound or sight, with focus on the evolution of face-recognition. It also considers what key factors determine social and sexual attraction and prevent incest.

## Lectures

1. [“Getting to know you”: how do animals recognise each other and us?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/getting-know-you-how-do-animals-recognise-each-other-and-us/6553e5151af5) (YouTube)