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Tag Archives: bonobo
Bonobos & Apatheists
I just finished Frans de Waal’s book “The Bonobo & the Atheist”. The premise is that we derive our ‘community concern’, empathetic, altruistic & cooperative nature from our mammal & primate heritage, not from human-imagined religion. Uh, duh. An enthusiastic storyteller … Continue reading
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Tagged apatheist, athiest, bonobo, chimpanzee, empathy, Frans de Waal, Frans Lanting, hieronymus bosch, human evolution, human primate, mother
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Next Movie: Disney-fied Bonobos?
A few weeks ago, I talked my 8 year-old niece into seeing “Chimpanzee“, again. She’d already seen it & even though the reviews were so-so, I felt it was my duty as the everyday primate to see Disney’s take on … Continue reading
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Tagged bonobo, chimpanzee, chimpanzee movie, pan paniscus, pan troglodytes, primate
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Gay Marriage, Cousins, & Bonobos
About a year ago I took a trip to San Diego to visit cousins – both the human & non-human primate kind. First stop with cousin Roy after he met me at the airport: San Diego Zoo to visit the … Continue reading
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Tagged bonobo, chimpanzee, cousin, dominant female, Franz de Waal, gay marriage, pan-sexual, primate, primate sexuality
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