Our Inner Ape : A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
by De Waal, FransEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2006-08-01
Publisher(s): Riverhead Trade
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Summary
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.
Author Biography
Frans De Waal, Ph.D., is a biologist and ethologist who is recognized worldwide for his work on the social intelligence of such primates as chimpanzees, bonobos, capuchins, and macaques. He is currently the C.H. Candler Professor in the Psychology Department of Emory University and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes Primate Center in Atlanta. De Waal is the author of five previous books, including The Ape and the Sushi Master and Peacemaking Among Primates.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | xi | ||
| ONE Apes in the Family | 1 | (42) | |
| TWO Power | 43 | (46) | |
| THREE Sex | 89 | (44) | |
| FOUR Violence | 133 | (44) | |
| FIVE Kindness | 177 | (50) | |
| SIX The Bipolar Ape | 227 | (24) | |
| Sources | 251 | (20) | |
| Index | 271 |
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