There Would Be Very Little Point In

Chimpanzees, More Than Any Other Living Creature, Have Helped Us To Understand That There Is No Sharp Line Between Humans And The Rest Of The Animal Kingdom. It's A Very Blurry Line, And It's Getting More Blurry All The Time.

One Cannot Watch Chimpanzee Infants For Long Without Realizing That They Have The Same Emotional Need For Affection And Reassurance As Human Children.

A Sense Of Calm Came Over Me. More And More Often I Found Myself Thinking, "this Is Where I Belong. This Is What I Came Into This World To Do.

I Didn't Want To Become A Professor Or Get Tenure Or Teach Or Anything. All I Wanted To Do Was Get A Degree Because Louis Leakey Said I Needed One, Which Was Right, And Once I Succeeded I Could Get Back To The Field.

Researchers Find It Very Necessary To Keep Blinkers On. They Don't Want To Admit That The Animals They Are Working With Have Feelings. They Don't Want To Admit That They Might Have Minds And Personalities Because That Would Make It Quite Difficult For Them To Do What They Do; So We Find That Within The Lab Communities There Is A Very Strong Resistance Among The Researchers To Admitting That Animals Have Minds, Personalities And Feelings.