Chimps Taught Us We're Not Separated From

Other People Have Talked About Chimpanzees Being A Window Into The Past, Which I Suppose Is True, In A Way.

To Me, Cruelty Is The Worst Of Human Sins. Once We Accept That A Living Creature Has Feelings And Suffers Pain, Then By Knowingly And Deliberately Inflicting Suffering On That Creature, We Are Guilty, Whether It Be Human Or Animal.

So Long As We Continued To Attach More Importance To Our Own Narrow Group Membership Than To The 'global Village' We Would Propagate Prejudice And Ignorance. There Was Absolutely No Harm In Being Part Of A Small Group - Indeed, With Our Hunter-gatherer Band Mentality It Gave Comfort, Provided Us With An Inner Circle Of Friends Who Could Be Utterly Trusted, Who Were Absolutely Reliable. It Helped Give Us Peace Of Mind. The Danger Came Only From Drawing That Sharp Line, Digging That Ditch, Laying That Minefield, Between Our Own Group And Any Other Group That Thought Differently.

We Have Language And They Do Not. Chimps Communicate By Embracing, Patting, Looking - All These Things. And They Have Lots Of Sounds. But They Cannot Sit And Discuss. They Cannot Teach About Things That Are Not Present, As Far As We Know.

Studying Chimps, I Came To The Conclusion That Being Evil Is Something That Only Humans Are Capable Of. A Chimp Would Never Plan To Pull Another's Nails Out. The Chimps' Way Of Aggression Is Quick And Brutal. I Compare Them To Gang Attacks.