Our Inner Ape
by:
Frans de Waal (author)
From "one of the world's greatest experts on primate behavior" (Desmond Morris) comes a look at the most provocative aspects of human nature-power, sex, violence, kindness, and morality-through our closest cousins. For nearly twenty years, Frans De Waal has studied both the famously aggressive...
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From "one of the world's greatest experts on primate behavior" (Desmond Morris) comes a look at the most provocative aspects of human nature-power, sex, violence, kindness, and morality-through our closest cousins. For nearly twenty years, Frans De Waal has studied both the famously aggressive chimpanzee and the egalitarian, matriarchal bonobo, two species whose DNA is nearly identical to ours. The result is an engrossing narrative that reveals what their behavior can teach us about ourselves.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101217382 (1101217383)
Publish date: May 11th 2007
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
As a leading primatologist, Mr. Waal has studied chimps and apes for years. He shares his findings on primate behaviour with the reader and draws astounding parallels to human behaviour. He shares personal experiences with the reader as well as some groundbreaking studies done in the field.Althoug...
I loved this book. I almost wish it had been a ebook, so I could have taken notes about this book so I'd have those notes to write a in-depth review. Sadly, not going to happen. I do have some things to say about this book, aside from now wanting to read some of the other books this author has writt...
13 years ago
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