We Are Unique. Chimpanzees Are

Children Can Change The World.

There Are An Awful Lot Of Scientists Today Who Believe That Before Very Long We Shall Have Unraveled All The Secrets Of The Universe. There Will Be No Puzzles Anymore. To Me, It'd Be Really, Really Tragic Because I Think One Of The Most Exciting Things Is This Feeling Of Mystery, Feeling Of Awe, The Feeling Of Looking At A Little Live Thing And Being Amazed By It And How It Has Emerged Through These Hundreds Of Years Of Evolution And There It Is And It Is Perfect And Why.

Of Course We're All Programmed Genetically To Some Extent. But The "selfish Gene" Thesis Doesn't Explain Everything.

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

I'm Highly Political. I Spend An Awful Lot Of Time In The U.s. Trying To Influence Decision-makers. But I Don't Feel In Tune With British Politics.