80s Quote by Frans de Waal

I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chimpanzee only later—or not at all. The…

— Frans de Waal

“bonobos, related to chimpanzees and native to the Congo, have been found to engage in French kissing.”

— Karen Shanor

“Some may have been as hierarchical, tense and violent as the nastiest chimpanzee group, while others were as laid-back, peaceful and lascivious as a…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Bonobos are not monkeys! Bonobos are apes.

— Andy Dunn

Bonobos don't really have that darker side. So that's where they could really help us is how could it be that a species that…

— Claudine Andre

“Who would you rather live with, a bunch of bonobos feeling good? Or chimpanzees eating each other's babies? Or humans waterboarding each other and…

— Francine Prose

Why do Angelina Jolie and Bono receive overwhelming attention for their work in Africa while Nwankwo Kanu or Dikembe Mutombo, Africans both, are hardly…

— Uzodinma Iweala

“Meet the bonobos, the rare and marvelous “make love not war” great apes who swing through the trees as well as with each other.”

— Anonymous

We remain of the view that in many areas of research we are still reliant on primates to achieve our goals for improving human…

— Colin Blakemore

There was no way that I could explain to dogs, friends, or parents my compelling need to return to Africa to launch a long-term…

— Dian Fossey

Hippies started the ecology movement. They combated racism. They liberated sexual stereotypes, encouraged change, individual pride, and self-confidence. They questioned robot materialism. In four…

— Timothy Leary

Among all researchers who have worked in the African field, I consider myself one of the most fortunate because of the privilege of having…

— Dian Fossey