We Can Learn To Suppress

Louis [leakey] Was Anxious To Initiate A Scientific Study Of These Chimpanzees. It Would Be Difficult, He Emphasized, For Nothing Was Known; There Were No Guidelines For Such A Field Study; And The Habitat Was Remote And Rugged. Dangerous Wild Animals Would Be Living There, And Chimpanzees Themselves Were Considered At Least Four Times Stronger Than Humans. I Remember Wondering What Kind Of Scientist He Would Find For Such A Herculean Task.

I Sometimes Wonder How Some People Can Live With Themselves In Some Of The Big Companies Today. So Many Far-reaching Decisions Are Based On How They Will Affect The Next Shareholders' Meeting.

Language Allows Us To Talk About The Past And Plan The Future. We Can Teach Children About Things That Are Not Present. And Above All, We Can Bring People With Different Backgrounds And Different Knowledge Together To Discuss Our Problems. This Actually Gives Me Hope. I Still Think We Are Smart Enough To Not Destroy Planet Earth, Our Only Home.

Chimps Are Unbelievably Like Us - In Biological, Non-verbal Ways. They Can Be Loving And Compassionate And Yet They Have A Dark Side... 98 Per Cent Of Our Dna Is The Same. The Difference Is That We Have Developed Language - We Can Teach About Things That Aren't There, Plan For The Future, Discuss, Share Ideas

I Shouldn't Have Named The Chimps. It Wasn't Scientific. I Didn't Know. I Knew Nothing. And Worse Sin Of All Was That I Was Ascribing To Them Emotions Like Happiness, Sadness And So Forth.