The Bonobo and the Atheist: In SearCh of Humanism Among the Primates

For many years, the world-renowned biologist Frans de Waal has studied the lives of chimpanzees and bonobos. In the process of research, he identified clear rudiments of ethical behavior in the primate community. According to the author, morality is not a purely human property, and its origins must be sought in animals. Empathy and other manifestations of a kind of morality are inherent in monkeys, and dogs, and elephants, and even reptiles.