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October 21, 2004

[PT] Frans de Waal

Frans says he's going to convince us that we're apes. He says that aggression also provides opportunities for reconciliation; aggression doesn't just drive us apart. He has lots of funny examples of how the body laguage of politicians establish dominance hierarchies — including the political reconciliation of Bush and McCain. And he goes through the ways in which chimps and capuchins support basic ideas of fairness and sharing. [Totally enjoyable talk.]

Posted by D. Weinberger at October 21, 2004 11:48 AM

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franz de waal is employed by Yerkes Regional Primate Center. His ideas about chimps and bonobos come out of a center that is a virtual auschwitz for primates. hundreds of these animals are used for brutal experiments and then are killed. He refuses to speak out against these atrocities.

Posted by: wayne johnson | October 10, 2005 07:07 PM

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