Frans de Waal

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October 29, 1948 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

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

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"Frans B.M. de Waal, PhD (born 29 October 1948, 's-Hertogenbosch), is a Dutch psychologist, primatologist and ethologist. He is the Charles Howard Candler professor of Primate Behavior in the Emory University psychology department in Atlanta, Georgia, and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and author of numerous books including Chimpanzee Politics and Our Inner Ape. His research centers on primate social behavior, including conflict resolution, cooperation, inequity aversion, and food-sharing. In 1993, he was elected to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2004, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 2008.

In 1977, d...more "Frans B.M. de Waal, PhD (born 29 October 1948, 's-Hertogenbosch), is a Dutch psychologist, primatologist and ethologist. He is the Charles Howard Candler professor of Primate Behavior in the Emory University psychology department in Atlanta, Georgia, and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and author of numerous books including Chimpanzee Politics and Our Inner Ape. His research centers on primate social behavior, including conflict resolution, cooperation, inequity aversion, and food-sharing. In 1993, he was elected to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2004, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 2008.

In 1977, de Waal received his doctorate in biology from Utrecht University after training as a zoologist and ethologist. His dissertation research concerned aggressive behavior and alliance formation in macaques.

In 1975, de Waal began a six-year project on the world's largest captive colony of chimpanzees at the Arnhem Zoo. The study resulted in many scientific papers, and resulted in publication of his first book, Chimpanzee Politics, in 1982.

In 1981, he moved to the United States for a position at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, and took his current position at Emory and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in 1991.

His research into the innate capacity for empathy among primates has led de Waal to the conclusion that non-human great apes and humans are simply different types of apes, and that there is little difference between these species.

His book, Our Inner Ape, examines human behavior through the eyes of a primatologist, using the behavior of common chimpanzees and bonobos as metaphors for human psychology.

De Waal was named one of Time magazine's most influential 100 people in 2007.

De Waal also works in the field of social psychology. De Waal is currently on the Editorial Board of Greater Good Magazine, published by the Greater Good Science Center of the University of California, Berkeley. His contributions include the interpretation of scientific research into the roots of compassion, altruism, and peaceful human relationships. Besides being a contributor, de Waal, also has an article on Empathy in Greater Good magazine. He further writes a column for Psychologie, a popular Dutch monthly magazine."

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	Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We are Who We Are 4.12 avg rating — 562 ratings — published 2005 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society 3.87 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes 4.17 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 1982 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Ape And The Sushi Master Reflections Of A Primatologist 3.96 avg rating — 163 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape by Frans de Waal, Frans Lanting (Photographer) 4.42 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals 4.05 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved by Frans de Waal, Stephen Macedo (Editor), Josiah Ober (Editor) 3.65 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Peacemaking Among Primates 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	My Family Album: Thirty Years of Primate Photography 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Tree of Origin: What Primate Behavior Can Tell Us about Human Social Evolution by Frans de Waal, Robin Dunbar, W.C. McGrew 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Frans de Waal

“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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“Being both more
systematically brutal than chimps and more empathic than
bonobos, we are by far the most bipolar ape. Our societies are never completely peaceful, never completely competitive,
never ruled by sheer selfishness, and never perfectly moral.”
― Frans de Waal

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