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Verarius | 29.03.2024
Just as this blog entry in form of a book recommendation for “The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates” was finalized for publication, a devastating news became public – the author of the book in focus, Frans de Waal, had deceased. Primatologist Frans de Waal has contributed immensely to helping us, humans, see our species in a much broader context of our fellow primates, and also taking ourselves a little bit less seriously. As the Times journal put in 2007 when including Frans de Waal into its list of 100 individuals most impactful in transforming the world with their power, talent or moral example, “we may accept that we are descended from apes, but it takes the likes of de Waal to remind us that we haven't traveled that far”. These heartrending circumstances make me advocate for reading his books yet more adamantly. Thus, I rewrote the entry in the hope to spark more desire to delve into the fascinating world Frans de Waal opened for us....
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