Frans de Waal Quotes About Giving

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  • When someone brutally kills someone else, we call him "animalistic." But we consider ourselves "human" when we give to the poor.

  • Humans became easy prey when they moved from the forest to the savanna, which deprived them of the option of climbing trees to flee predators. This shift made it necessary for the men to actively protect the women and their babies. Only as a result of this protection were women able to give birth in shorter intervals, perhaps once every two or three years. This meant that they could produce offspring about twice as frequently as apes. I would be willing to bet that this rapid reproduction is one of the reasons why we dominate the world today, and not the apes.

    Baby   Men   Climbing  
  • The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to anyone comparing politicians with those poor, underestimated creatures.

    Giving   Empathy   Brain  
    "Do Humans Alone 'Feel Your Pain'?". The Chronicle, October 26, 2001.
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Frans de Waal

  • Born: October 29, 1948
  • Occupation: Primatologist