Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are de Waal Frans Paperback
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are de Waal Frans Paperback Visit the author's Web site at www.ourinnerape.comIt's no secret that humans and apes share a host of…
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Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are de Waal Frans Paperback
Visit the author's Web site at www.ourinnerape.comIt's no secret that humans and apes share a host of traits, from the tribal communities we form to our irrepressible curiosity. But not all of these parallels are so appealing: the chimpanzee, for example, can be as vicious and manipulative as any human.Yet there's more to our shared primate heritage than just our violent streak. We have a common ancestor, scientists tell us, so it's natural that we act alike.
After all, we share them with another primate: the lesser-known bonobo. In Our Inner Ape, Frans de Waal, one of the world's great primatologists and a renowned expert on social behavior in apes, presents the provocative idea that our noblest qualities--generosity, kindness, altruism--are as much a part of our nature as are our baser instincts. As genetically similar to man as the chimpanzee, the bonobo has a