Description: Drawing on his landmark research, esteemed primatologist de Waal traces the biological roots of human morality.
Brief description: Frans de Waal (1948-2024), author of Mama's Last Hug, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, and Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist, was C. H. Candler Professor Emeritus at Emory University. He lived in Atlanta, Georgia.
Review Quotes: The perpetual challenge to atheists is that moral behavior requires religion--all that prevents tsunamis of depravity is a deity or two, some nice hymns, and the threat of hellfire and damnation. De Waal shows that human morality is deeply rooted in our primate legacy, long predating the invention of that cultural gizmo called religion. This is an immensely important book by one of our most distinguished thinkers.--Robert Sapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers and Monkeyluv