Autor: DE WAAL Frans B. M. DE WAAL

Does biology condemn the human species to violence and war? Previous studies of animal behavior incline us to answer yes, but the message of this book is considerably more optimistic. Without denying …

To observe a dog’s guilty look.to witness a gorilla’s self-sacrifice for a wounded mate, to watch an elephant herd’s communal effort on behalf of a stranded calf–to catch animals in certain acts is …

How did we become the linguistic, cultured, and hugely successful apes that we are? Our closest relatives–the other mentally complex and socially skilled primates–offer tantalizing clues. In Tree o …

"Monkey see, monkey do" may sound simple, but how an individual perceives and processes the behavior of another is one of the most complex and fascinating questions related to the social li …