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To, jak ludzki rozum wydeptał i oznaczył swoje terytorium, pokazuje Costello na przykładzie słynnych pionierskich badań nad szympansami przeprowadzonych w 1917 roku przez Koehlera. Pisarka próbuje je zreinterpretować, przyglądając im się nie z punktu widzenia człowieka, lecz badanej małpy. Ujawnia to ukryte, pewnie nieświadome, antropocentryczne... See more

Olga Tokarczuk (implied) • Tokarczuk: Maski zwierząt

compared to other animals, humans are born prematurely, when many of their vital systems are still under-developed.

Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens

“Becoming is better than being.”

Carol S. Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.

George Orwell • Animal Farm and 1984

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do.

Richard Dawkins • The Selfish Gene

In the comments section of my kindergarten report card I’d been described as impulsive, possessive, and demanding. These are classic chimp traits and I’ve worked hard over the years to eradicate them. I felt that Harlow was maybe demonstrating the same tendencies without the same commitment to reform.

Karen Joy Fowler • We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Jane Goodall radically changed how we understand and relate to other intelligences on Earth. We love this excerpt from Elizabeth Lonsdorf's 02019 Talk about how Goodall's approach left lasting impacts on primatology and many other fields of study: https://t.co/wo6miFSIxV

Long Now Foundation x.com

Molecular biologists and geneticists have compared proteins, DNA, and the whole spectrum of biological features and have established very convincingly that humans are closer to chimpanzees than horses are to donkeys. This is remarkable, because horses and donkeys can mate and reproduce, although their offspring, males, are sterile. A significant

Dean Ornish M.D. • The Food Revolution

Bonobo and elephant societies are controlled by strong networks of cooperative females, while the self-centred and uncooperative males are pushed to the sidelines. Though bonobo females are weaker on average than the males, the females often gang up to beat males who overstep their limits.