Frans de Waal Quotes About Mothers

Quotes about: Mothers

• Empathy probably started out as a mechanism to improve maternal care. Mammalian mothers who were attentive to their young's needs were more likely to rear successful offspring.

  Frans de Waal

  Mother, Successful, Empathy

• Most men probably wouldn't want to live the lives of bonobos. They're constantly clinging to their mothers' apron strings. They lack the ability to make decisions about their own fates, something that we and male chimpanzees practically consider our birthright.

  Frans de Waal

  Mother, Fate, Men

• In humans, the family prevents infanticide. Next to language, the core family, consisting of a mother, a father and children, is the greatest difference between us and other primates.

  Frans de Waal

  Mother, Children, Father

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