Impronta: The Cognitive Heuristics of Nature introduces a groundbreaking concept: intelligence is not solely attributable to complex brains or human beings but is instead a pervasive and decentralized characteristic inherent in all living systems. The book posits that organisms, ranging from bacteria and plants to animals and human societies, operate based upon fundamental adaptive heuristics. These rudimentary yet efficacious rules are products of evolutionary processes, facilitating efficient information processing and decision-making within dynamic and intricate environments. These heuristics function as life's software, executing within a Universal Cognitive System common to all entities. This system transcends neural structures to encompass any biological processing network capable of learning and adaptation. To elucidate this process of learning and adaptation, the book employs a straightforward "Inductive Machine" model. This model suggests that living systems continuously endeavor to maintain their current state. When an environmental "perturbation" engenders a "contradiction" (an error or adaptive failure), the system is compelled to explore novel responses until a successful resolution is identified. This solution subsequently becomes an established behavioral rule. This iterative process of contradiction resolution propels intelligence, innovation, and evolution across all strata of life. The book challenges an anthropocentric perspective of intelligence by presenting compelling case studies on cognition in plants, fish, and octopuses, thereby demonstrating that cognitive complexity can manifest from biological architectures vastly dissimilar to our own. A publication that challenges conventional thought.