The SciencesMarch 1, 2016
Bonobos Use Sex to Cool Tempers
Inclined toward gender equality, this close relative of humans substitutes sex for aggression
Stories by Frans B. M. de Waal
Frans B. M. de Waal is director of the Living Links Center at Emory University, where he studies the behavior and evolution of primates. He is author of The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society (Harmony Books, 2009).
EvolutionSeptember 1, 2015
Evidence Implies That Animals Feel Empathy
We call a callous turncoat a “rat.” Rats and other animals, however, are giving scientists clues to the evolutionary origins of empathy
EvolutionJuly 23, 2010
Frans de Waal on the human primate: Make love, not war
EvolutionJuly 22, 2010
Frans de Waal on the human primate: Strength is weakness
EvolutionJuly 21, 2010
Frans de Waal on the human primate: Is it "behavioral sink" or resource distribution?
EvolutionJuly 20, 2010
Frans de Waal on the human primate: Fair is fair
Mind & BrainDecember 1, 2007
Do Animals Feel Empathy?
We call a callous turncoat a "rat." Rats and mice, however, are giving scientists clues to the evolutionary origins of empathy
The SciencesJune 1, 2005
How Animals Do Business
Humans and Other Animals Share a Heritage of Economic Tendencies--Including Cooperation, Repayment of Favors and Resentment at Being Shortchanged
BiologyApril 1, 2005
How Animals Do Business
Humans and other animals share a heritage of economic tendencies--including cooperation, repayment of favors and resentment at being shortchanged
EnvironmentMay 1, 2000
Coping with Crowding
Mind & BrainDecember 1, 1999
The End of Nature versus Nurture
Is human behavior determined by genetics or by environment? It may be time to abandon the dichotomy
EvolutionMarch 1, 1995
Bonobo Sex and Society
The behavior of a close relative challenges assumptions about male supremacy in human evolution