Dr Frans de Waal at a primate research centre in Atlanta, Georgia, 2007 - JACK KEARSE Frans de Waal, who has died of cancer aged 75, was a distinguished Dutch-American primatologist whose research not ...

It wasn’t that long ago that scientists didn’t think animals could rival humans in terms of intelligence, emotions, or empathy. But the groundbreaking work of Dr. Frans de Waal helped change all of ...

Stephen Hart, Author, Frans de Waal, Author, Frans de Waal, Foreword by Henry Holt & Company $22.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8050-3839-2 Hart, a biologist, zoological researcher and science journalist, takes a ...

Primatologist Frans de Waal has spent his lifetime studying the lives of animals, especially our closest cousins, the chimpanzees. de Waal has observed their shifting alliances and the structure of ...

Internationally renowned primatologist Frans B. M. de Waal, Ph.D., has been named the 2016 winner of the Ireland Distinguished Visiting Scholar Award. Dr. de Waal is the Charles Howard Candler ...

Dutch primatologist Frans de Waal speaks with RNS about the Bill Nye and Ken Ham creationism debate, "selfish genes," and what humanists can learn from religion. Asked what he thought of the recent ...

The primatologist Frans de Waal has died. He dedicated his life to observing our closest relatives like bonobos and chimps, and he studied their capacity for empathy and cooperation. He also wrote a ...

What makes an "alpha male?" Primatologist Frans de Waal says we often get it wrong. His research shows that alpha males possess leadership traits like generosity, peacekeeping, and empathy.

Bonobos at the Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary near Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006. For 30 years, de Waal has authored books about apes and monkey that open our eyes to the bottom-up ...

Frans de Waal has spent four decades at the forefront of animal research. Following up on the best-selling "Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?," which investigated animal intelligence, ...

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