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Frans de Waal

Born

in 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands

October 29, 1948

Died

March 14, 2024

Website

http://www.psychology.emory.edu/nab/dewaal/

Genre

Science, Nonfiction

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Frans de Waal has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. The author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, among many other works, he is 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 lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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	Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? 3.97 avg rating — 16,398 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves 4.21 avg rating — 5,614 ratings — published 2019 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates 4.15 avg rating — 5,606 ratings — published 2013 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are 4.19 avg rating — 4,390 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,627 ratings — published 2009 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist 4.15 avg rating — 2,130 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes 4.28 avg rating — 2,003 ratings — published 1982 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved by Frans de Waal, Stephen Macedo (Editor), Josiah Ober (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 1,345 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ape and the Sushi Master: Reflections of a Primatologist 4.05 avg rating — 611 ratings — published 2001 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape by Frans de Waal, Frans Lanting (Photographer) 4.32 avg rating — 510 ratings — published 1997 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The enemy of science is not religion... . The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.”
― Frans de Waal

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“If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks back at us. If they are animals, what must we be?”
― Frans de Waal

tags: chimpanzees, humanity, intelligence, primates

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“Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between them and repulsive behavior.”
― Frans de Waal, The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates

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