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Our Inner Ape
by Frans de Waal
Chimpanzee aggression and bonobo peacemaking as the two sides of human nature: power, sex, violence, kindness. De Waal at his most accessible.
Read it if…
you want human nature through our two closest relatives.
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Skip it if…
you want one species in depth.
Try instead: The Bonobo and the Atheist →
Three things you will actually use
- We are both apes.
- Kindness is natural too.
- Context decides which shows.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the bonobo.
Our verdict
Chimp and bonobo in us.
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