I’ll give you a theory: Man’s closest relative is not the chimpanzee, as the TV people believe, but is, in fact, the… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
The oldest form of the Choral Dance is the circle. Even the chimpanzees dance in a circle, and people of every continent… — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
“They discovered that chimpanzees yawn more after watching familiar chimps yawn than after watching strangers yawn.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
Our social life is literally primal, in the sense that chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest relatives among the primates, are also social. — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee much later than others. — Kin Hubbard Copy Share Image
Put another way, the chimpanzees' closest relative is not the gorilla but humans. — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
He couldn't tell the difference between one politician and another. They were all formlessly enthusiastic chimpanzees to him. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Through my work with PETA, I have learned a great deal about chimpanzee behavior and the plight of chimpanzees imprisoned in laboratories. — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms that we can't conceive. And there could, of course, be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The suffix 'naut' comes from the Greek and Latin words for ships and sailing. Astronaut suggests 'a sailor in space.' Chimponaut suggests… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Most men probably wouldn't want to live the lives of bonobos. They're constantly clinging to their mothers' apron strings. They lack the… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
I am not a politician. I have never voted in my life and I am not going to vote - ever -… — OSHO Copy Share Image
“Who would you rather live with, a bunch of bonobos feeling good? Or chimpanzees eating each other's babies? Or humans waterboarding each… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
“human beings are just an animal and they will evolve into another animal, and that animal will be cleverer and it will… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I never wanted to give up. I thought I might have to. Especially at the beginning when chimpanzees had never seen a… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
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
Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Louis [Leakey] was anxious to initiate a scientific study of these chimpanzees. It would be difficult, he emphasized, for nothing was known;… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Jane Goodall is my idol and someone I have always looked up to for the amazing work she has done with chimpanzees.… — Katie Cleary Copy Share Image
“My family tree spreads wide as well. I am a great ape, and you are a great ape, and so are chimpanzees… — Katherine Applegate Copy Share Image
What is the good of words if they aren't important enough to quarrel over? Why do we choose one word more than… — Anonymous 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 suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms we can't conceive. Just as a chimpanzee can't understand quantum… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Basically we are chimpanzees with about two percent more intelligence and a little less hair. — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
I never used to like babies. I'd always thought if a baby were more like a chimpanzee, I'd have one — Candice Bergen Copy Share Image
I have shown that Swedish top students know statistically significantly less about the world than the chimpanzees. — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
It is hardly an exaggeration to say that a chimpanzee kept in solitude is not a real chimpanzee at all. — Wolfgang Kohler Copy Share Image
We are territorial, power-hungry and even more brutal than chimpanzees. — Frans de Waal 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 met a few chimpanzees on my pilgrimages and I wasn't sure if they were just shrivelled-up villagers or chimps...” — Jonathan Dunne Copy Share Image
A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life. — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
Who would seriously want to listen to anything emanating from a quasi-chimpanzee's irrational bundle of mental accidents and energies? — David A. Noebel Copy Share Image
“For millions of years we were enhanced chimpanzees. In the future, we may become oversized ants.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
There are beautiful examples of art done by chimpanzees in human care. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
There are five kinds of great apes: bonobos, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, and the one which people always think of last: Humans! — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
We are unique. Chimpanzees are unique. Dogs are unique. But we humans are just not as different as we used to think. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Chimpanzees is hatin but I take it all in stride. Put her in a jungle with bananas on the side. — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
“It is believed that 6 million years ago, a female ape gave birth to two daughters – one became the ancestor of… — Read trepreneur Copy Share Image
I'm always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
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