Frans De Waal
Frans de Waal was a Dutch-American primatologist and ethologist. Named as one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People, he is the author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? , among many other works. He was also the C. H. Candler Professor in Emory University's Psychology Department and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. He lived in Atlanta, Georgia and died in 2024.
Frans de Waal was a Dutch-American primatologist and ethologist. Named as one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People, he is the author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? , among many other works. He was also the C. H. Candler Professor in Emory University's Psychology Department and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. He lived in Atlanta, Georgia and died in 2024. See less
Frans De Waal's Featured Books
Frans De Waal book reviews
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The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates
Mind Opener
by HJ BOTT, Aug 10, 2014
This is an important read to have a better understanding about what chance the acts of civility stand in our current world of chaos. Read More
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Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes
Note to public: Read This Book!
The book was recommended by a friend, former professor of political science at the University of Maryland who used it in his Intro. to Politics class. I read it during the recent debates over the ... Read More
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Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
You big bully.
deWaal has spent years with apes, chimps and bonobos----different names for the same thing, but of so different from each other. And oh so like us. Without having to debate evolution, we can look at ... Read More