We Can Learn To Suppress Our Feelings

Even In Chimps There Is True Altruistic Behaviour; Behaviour That Doesn't Fit Into The Sociobiological Model That Says You Either Help A Close Relative And Thereby Your Own Genes, Or You Help Somebody Else Now In Return For Their Help In The Future. When A Very High-ranking Male Chimpanzee Rescues A Little Orphan, Saving His Life, That Kind Of Explanation Doesn't Work.

There Are Many Animal-welfare Groups That Sometimes Seem To Forget That Human Beings Are Animals Too, That We Need To Include Them In Our Sphere Of Compassion.

Studying Chimps, I Came To The Conclusion That Being Evil Is Something That Only Humans Are Capable Of. A Chimp Would Never Plan To Pull Another's Nails Out. The Chimps' Way Of Aggression Is Quick And Brutal. I Compare Them To Gang Attacks.

We Could Change The World Tomorrow If All The Millions Of People Around The World Acted The Way They Believe.

It Was Both Fascinating And Appalling To Learn That Chimpanzees Were Capable Of Hostile And Territorial Behavior That Was Not Unlike Certain Forms Of Primitive Human Warfare.