“Meet the bonobos, the rare and marvelous “make love not war” great apes who swing through the trees as well as with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What appears to be lacking, even in great apes, is a motivation to find means to exchange what is on each other’s… — Thomas Suddendorf Copy Share Image
Although elephants are far more distantly related to us than the great apes, they seem to have evolved similar social and cognitive… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Bonobos are unique among great apes because they are not dominated by males. — Claudine Andre Copy Share Image
Gorillas are the largest of the great apes. A mature male may be six feet tall and weigh 400 pounds or more;… — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
“Apart from the soul, the brewing of tea is the only thing that sets us apart from the great apes.” — Alan Bradley 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
“Treat each other like human beings? But the other great apes have no class hierarchy.” — Bauvard Copy Share Image
“In sum, the great apes arguably man1 ifest at least some aspects of teleomechanical agency and mentalistic agency (Suddendorf and Whiten 2001);… — Scott Atran Copy Share Image
It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with… — Dian Fossey 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
None of the three great apes is considered ancestral to modern man, Homo sapiens, but they remain the only other type of… — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them?… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
These magnificent species of Africa - elephants, rhino, lions, leopards, cheetah, the great apes (Africa has four of the world's five great… — Patrick Bergin Copy Share Image
“Cast in the mold of humanity, they were distinctly not men. They were winged and of heroic proportions; not a branch on… — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
