A Chimp Would Never Plan

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

Primates Are Very Territorial. It Is In Their Nature To Protect Their Food Resources As Well As Their Females And Young.

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.

I Had Been Told From School Onwards That The Best Definition Of A Human Being Was Man The Tool-maker - Yet I Had Just Watched A Chimp Tool-maker In Action. I Remember That Day As Vividly As If It Was Yesterday.

Change Happens By Listening And Then Starting A Dialogue With The People Who Are Doing Something You Don't Believe Is Right.