FRANS DE WAAL

Can virtuous behavior be explained by nature and not by human rational choice It s the animal in us we often hear when we ve been bad But why not when we re good Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity s most valued traits morality In this provocative book renowned primato

Passionnant récit de la vie de singes avec lesquels nous partageons 96% de notre patrimoine génétique, ce nouveau livre du célèbre primatologue Frans de Waal est un vibrant manifeste pour l’égalité d

Frans de Waal, éthologue et primatologue de renommée mondiale, explore le monde caché de l’émotion animale et fragilise toutes les certitudes sur la spécificité de l’espèce humaine. Captivant !

Somme nous trop bêtes pour comprendre l’intelligence des animaux ? est un livre qui surprend. Frans de Waal, psychologue et primatologue mondialement reconnu, nous amène à réexaminer tout ce que nous

Passionnant récit de la vie de singes avec lesquels nous partageons 96% de notre patrimoine génétique, ce nouveau livre du célèbre primatologue Frans de Waal est un vibrant manifeste pour l’égalité d

Le célèbre primatologue et biologiste américano-néerlandais, auteur de L’âge de l’empathie (Éditions LLL, 2010), nous revient avec un essai passionnant sur les origines de la morale humaine. Tissant

Somme nous trop bêtes pour comprendre l’intelligence des animaux ? est un livre qui surprend. Frans de Waal, psychologue et primatologue mondialement reconnu, nous amène à réexaminer tout ce que nous

"Here at last is a book that will give the fourth great ape the visibility that this wonderful species deserves. You will learn that bonobos are not just ''little'' chimpanzees, but are every bit as different from chimpanzees as chimpanzees are from gorillas. If you care about the great apes, this book, with its superb photographs and vivid text, is a must."--Jane Goodall "Bonobo provides a tantalizing introduction into the natural history of one of our closest living relatives and uniquely enhances our understanding of our own place in Nature. Anyone who has the pleasure of reading this book will come away with deeper insights into why we humans behave the way we do. We should not be afraid of acknowledging the Bonobo in all of us."--Don Johanson, Director, Institute of Human Origins "With this book, de Waal and Lanting ask us to give bonobos their due--to be considered along side the better known common chimpanzee as close human cousins. How nice to have the peaceable, sexy, bonobo added to the path of human evolution! Bonobos represent the silver lining in our ape heritage."--Meredith Small, author of "What''s Love Got to Do With It? The Evolution of Human Mating "As a chronicler of natural history today, Frans Lanting is a singular, extraordinary talent. He has the mind of a scientist, the heart of a hunter, and the eyes of a poet. He is as persistent, adaptable, and hard as the wild creatures he observes. His bonobo photographs bring us face-to-face with a group of highly endangered apes. Eerily, aspects of their behavior mirror our own."--Thomas R. Kennedy, Director of Photography, National Geographic Society This remarkable primate with the curious name is challenging established views on human evolution. The bonobo, least known of the great apes, is a female-centered, egalitarian species that has been dubbed the "make-love-not-war" primate by specialists. In bonobo society, females form alliances to intimidate males, sexual behavior (in virtually every partner combination) replaces aggression and serves many social functions, and unrelated groups mingle instead of fighting. The species''s most striking achievement is not tool use or warfare but sensitivity to others. In the first book to combine and compare data from captivity an

Le célèbre primatologue et biologiste américano-néerlandais, auteur de L’âge de l’empathie (Éditions LLL, 2010), nous revient avec un essai passionnant sur les origines de la morale humaine. Tissant

Frans de Waal, éthologue et primatologue de renommée mondiale, explore le monde caché de l’émotion animale et fragilise toutes les certitudes sur la spécificité de l’espèce humaine. Captivant !

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mamas Last Hug and Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, a provocative argument that apes have created their own distinctive cultures In The Ape and the Sushi Master, eminent primatologist Frans de Waal corrects our arrogant assumption that humans are the only creatures to have made the leap from the natural to the cultural domain. The books title derives from an analogy de Waal draws between the way behavior is transmitted in ape society and the way sushi-making skills are passed down from sushi master to apprentice. Like the apprentice, young apes watch their group mates at close range, absorbing the methods and lessons of each of their elders actions. Responses long thought to be instinctive are actually learned behavior, de Waal argues, and constitute ape culture. A delightful mix of intriguing anecdote, rigorous clinical study, adventurous field work, and fascinating speculation, The Ape and the Sushi Master shows that apes are not human caricatures but members of our extended family with their own resourcefulness and dignity.

D’où nous vient la morale ? Beaucoup pensent que c’est une spécificité purement humaine, à laquelle les autres animaux seraient totalement étrangers. Nous serions moraux par choix, et non par nature.

In this thought-provoking book, the acclaimed author of Our Inner Ape examines how empathy comes naturally to a great variety of animals, including humans. Are we our brothers keepers? Do we have an instinct for compassion? Or are we, as is often assumed, only on earth to serve our own survival and interests? By studying social behaviors in animals, such as bonding, the herd instinct, the forming of trusting alliances, expressions of consolation, and conflict resolution, Frans de Waal demonstrates that animalsand humansare "preprogrammed to reach out." He has found that chimpanzees care for mates that are wounded by leopards, elephants offer "reassuring rumbles" to youngsters in distress, and dolphins support sick companions near the waters surface to prevent them from drowning. From day one humans have innate sensitivities to faces, bodies, and voices; weve been designed to feel for one another.De Waals theory runs counter to the assumption that humans are inherently selfish, which can be seen in the fields of politics, law, and finance. But he cites the publics outrage at the U.S. governments lack of empathy in the wake of Hurricane Katrina as a significant shift in perspectiveone that helped Barack Obama become elected and ushered in what perhaps could become an Age of Empathy. Through a better understanding of empathys survival value in evolution, de Waal suggests, we can work together toward a more just society based on a more generous and accurate view of human nature.Written in laymans prose with a wealth of anecdotes, wry humor, and incisive intelligence, The Age of Empathy is essential reading for our embattled times."An important and timely message about the biological roots of human kindness."Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape

One of the worlds great primatologists and a renowned expert on social behavior in apes presents the provocative idea that our noblest qualitiesgenerosity, kindness, altruismare as much a part of our nature as our baser instincts.As genetically similar to man as the chimpanzee, the bonobo has a temperament and a lifestyle vastly different from those of its genetic cousin. Where chimps are aggressive, territorial, and hierarchical, bonobos are gentle and loving.While the parallels between chimp brutality and human brutality are easy to see, Frans de Waal suggests that the conciliatory bonobo is just as legitimate a model to study when we explore our primate heritage. He even connects humanitys desire for fairness and its morality with primate behavior, offering a view of society that contrasts markedly with the caricature people have of Darwinian evolution. Its plain that our finest qualities run deeper in our DNA than experts have previously thought.Frans de Waal has spent two decades studying our closest primate relations, and his observations of each species in Our Inner Ape encompass the spectrum of human behavior. This is an audacious book, an engrossing discourse that proposes thought-provoking and sometimes shocking connections among chimps, bonobos, and those most paradoxical of apes, human beings.

What separates your mind from the mind of an animal? maybe you think its your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future - all traits that have helped us define ourselves as the pre-eminent species on earth. but in recent decades, claims of human superiority have been eroded by a revolution in the study of animal cognition. take the way octopuses use coconut shells as tools, or how elephants can classify humans by age, gender, and language. take ayumu, the young male chimpanzee at kyoto university who demonstrates his species exceptional photographic memory. based on research on a range of animals, including crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, whales, and, of course, chimpanzees and bonobos, frans de waal explores the scope and depth of animal intelligence, revealing how we have grossly underestimated non-human brains. he overturns the view of animals as stimulus-response beings and opens our eyes to their complex and intricate minds. with astonishing stories of animal cognition, are we smart enough to know how smart animals are? challenges everything you thought you knew about animal - and human - intelligence.