Even in chimps there is true altruistic behaviour; behaviour that doesn't fit into the sociobiological model that says you either help a… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I've argued that many of what philosophers call moral sentiments can be seen in other species. In chimpanzees and other animals, you… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
And I thought how sad it was that, for all our sophisticated intellect, for all our noble aspirations, our aggressive behavior was… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Just imagine the banner headlines if a marine biologist were to discover a species of dolphin that wove large, intricately meshed fishing… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
A chimpanzee who is really gearing up for a fight doesn't waste time with gestures but just goes ahead and attacks. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in '86 I went to a… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Considering the very close genetic relationship that has been established by comparison of biochemical properties of blood proteins, protein structure and DNA,… — Elaine Morgan Copy Share Image
Chimpanzees are an evolutionary hair's-width from us… Now imagine a species on Earth, or anywhere else, as smart compared with humans as… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
As our closest relatives, they (chimpanzees) tell us special things about what it means to be a primate and, ultimately, what it… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
“I thus concluded, with the same awe of Jane Goodall discovering the chimpanzees’ nimble use of tools to extract termites, it really… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
No wonder circus animals do what they do: They tortured them. And you know the only ones they can't control? It's the… — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
The chimpanzees taught me a lot about nonverbal communication. The big difference between them and us is that they don't have spoken… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There are some circumstances, for example, where the newborn baby is severely disabled and where the parents think that it's better that… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I think if you're good and you can persuade people you're going to be able to do that role and ultimately the… — Alexander Siddig Copy Share Image
When you think of intelligence, don't think of a college professor; think of human beings as opposed to chimpanzees. If you don't… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Chimpanzees have very strong preferences and aversions that are completely personality-linked. The people who are unsuccessful in working with chimpanzees are those… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Chimpanzees, more than any other living creature, have helped us to understand that there is no sharp line between humans and the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks back at us. If they are animals,… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
“Just 6 million years ago, a single female ape had two daughters. One became the ancestor of all chimpanzees, the other is… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
In technological development, in production of material goods and creature comforts, we've challenged the very gods, but psychologically, emotionally, we're scarcely more… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I don't like explosions. I don't mind progress. But digital photography has made every man, woman, child and chimpanzee a photographer of… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I'd like to see animals removed from the entertainment business. Chimpanzees and apes won't perform unless you beat them. Circuses keep elephants… — Bob Barker Copy Share Image
Consider a cow. A cow doesn't have the problem-solving skill of a chimpanzee, which has discovered how to get termites out of… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
We think we know that chimpanzees are higher animals and earthworms are lower, we think we've always known what that means, and… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I do not want to discuss evolution in such depth, however, only touch on it from my own perspective: from the moment… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“Mark a hen’s comb with an oddly colored spot, or tie it so it hangs in a peculiar direction, and her former… — David Livingstone Smith Copy Share Image
If you look into their [chimpanzees] eyes, you know you're looking into a thinking mind. They teach us that we are not… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I have but nothing to say to young girls. They're fine to look at, in the way I would look at a… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
“What are the chances that this first and only smart species in the history of life on Earth has enough smarts to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Imagine a life-form whose brainpower is to ours as ours is to a chimpanzee’s. To such a species, our highest mental achievements… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Visualize yourself confronted with the task of killing, one after the other, a cabbage, a fly, a fish, a lizard, a guinea… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
My own diagnosis of my problem is a simpler one. It's that I share 50 per cent of my genome with a… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
...people who believe in God think God has put human beings on earth because they think human beings are the best animal,… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
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