Frans de Waal Quotes About Study

Quotes about: Study

• Bonobo studies started in the '70s and came to fruition in the '80s. Then in the '90s, all of a sudden, boom, they ended because of the warfare in the Congo. It was really bad for the bonobo and ironic that people with their warfare were preventing us from studying the hippies of the primate world.

  Frans de Waal

  Hippie, People, Ironic

  "The Bonobo in All of Us". Interview with Sue Western, www.pbs.org. September 29, 2005.

• The fact that the apes exist and that we can study them is extremely important and makes us reflect on ourselves and our human nature. In that sense alone, you need to protect the apes.

  Frans de Waal

  Important, Needs, Apes

  "The Bonobo in All of Us". Interview with Sue Western, www.pbs.org. January 1, 2007.

• Studies of reconciliation in primates have demonstrated that if the relationship value increases between two parties they are more willing to make peace.

  Frans de Waal

  Party, Two, Study

  "Frans de Waal on Political Apes, Science Communication, and Building a Cooperative Society". Interview with Eric Michael Johnson, blogs.scientificamerican.com. July 11, 2011.

• Females avoid conflict. They are afraid of violence. The males, on the other hand, are less averse to strife. But once conflict breaks out, the males are much better at reconciling. In a study done in Finland, children who had quarreled were asked how much longer they intended to be angry at one another. The boys proudly said: "Oh, at least one or two days." The girls said "forever".

  Frans de Waal

  Girl, Children, Boys

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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