Description: Through their in-depth exploration of our relationship with chimpanzees, Peterson and Goodall demonstrate our close ties to these animals and reveal how distant humans have become from their own place in nature. Both an informative, entertaining collection of stories about research experiences with chimps and a poignant call for a change.
Brief description: DALE PETERSON is also the author of The Deluge and the Ark: A Journey into Primate Worlds, Chimpanzee Travels: On and Off the Road in Africa, and Storyville, USA (Georgia). He is co-author, with Richard Wrangham, of Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence. He teaches at Tufts University.
Review Quotes: "A well-argued case for greater care and conservation [of chimpanzees]."--"New Yorker"