Frans de Waal





Frans de Waal

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October 29, 1948 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

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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.

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Our Inner Ape: A Leading Pr...
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The Age of Empathy: Nature'...
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Chimpanzee Politics: Power ...
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The Ape And The Sushi Maste...
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Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape
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Good Natured: The Origins o...
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Peacemaking Among Primates
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My Family Album: Thirty Yea...
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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

“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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