People who are interested in primates will be saddened to learn that Frans de Waal died on 14th March at the age of 75. He was a professor of Primate Behaviour at Emory University in Atlanta Georgia, and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory.
He became well known for the book Chimpanzee Politics describing his studies of the chimp colony at Burgers Zoo and he was the author of many further books about the psychology of apes and their similarities with humans, throwing light on our evolution. He was a sophisticated and perceptive observer and writer and he gracefully accepted an IgNobel Prize in 2012 for proving that chimps can recognise other chimps from photographs of thier bottoms.
He became well known for the book Chimpanzee Politics describing his studies of the chimp colony at Burgers Zoo and he was the author of many further books about the psychology of apes and their similarities with humans, throwing light on our evolution. He was a sophisticated and perceptive observer and writer and he gracefully accepted an IgNobel Prize in 2012 for proving that chimps can recognise other chimps from photographs of thier bottoms.
