Our Inner Ape : A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are (Paperback)

from teunduynstee

De Waal takes the reader on a tour of the remarkable differences between chimpanzees and bonobo's, our two closest relatives, relating their traits back to human behaviour and predispositions. As a premier expert in primatology, De Waal knows his subject a noone else. What I don't understand is w...

from teunduynstee

De Waal takes the reader on a tour of the remarkable differences between chimpanzees and bonobo's, our two closest relatives, relating their traits back to human behaviour and predispositions. As a premier expert in primatology, De Waal knows his subject a noone else. What I don't understand is w...

from jimocracy

I'm too tired to write anything intelligent about this book. Hopefully, I will return later to amend this review.

from ChristineEllei

As a leading primatologist, Mr. Waal has studied chimps and apes for years. He shares his findings on primate behaviour with the reader and draws astounding parallels to human behaviour. He shares personal experiences with the reader as well as some groundbreaking studies done in the field.Althou...

from TeaTimeCoder

I have learned a little bit about other primates but nothing about humans so I feel cheated by the title. I suspect the title was designed to do that.