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Mar 21, 2024 · March 21, 2024. Frans de Waal, the prolific Dutch-American primatologist and author whose research revealed the depth and breadth of emotion and intelligence in nonhuman animals, died from...
Mar 20, 2024 · March 20, 2024. Frans de Waal, who used his study of the inner lives of animals to build a powerful case that apes think, feel, strategize, pass down culture and act on moral sentiments — and...
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Apr 10, 2024 · Researcher and prolific science communicator who laid bare the social lives of apes. By. Andrew Whiten. Credit: Erik S. Lesser/AP/Alamy. Frans de Waal made an early but influential entrance...
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Mar 16, 2024 · Emory University | March 16, 2024. Emory University primatologist Frans de Waal — who pioneered studies of animal cognition while also writing best-selling books that helped popularize the field around the globe — passed away March 14, 2024, from stomach cancer.
Mar 22, 2024 · The primatologist Frans de Waal, who explored empathy and emotion in bonobos and chimps, died last week at 75. His colleague Sarah Brosnan remembers his legacy as both a scientist and friend ...
Frans de Waal. Franciscus Bernardus Maria de Waal (29 October 1948 – 14 March 2024) was a Dutch-American primatologist and ethologist. He was the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Primate Behavior in the Department of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate ...
Mar 22, 2024 · It wasn’t that long ago that scientists didn’t think animals could rival humans in terms of intelligence, emotions, or empathy. But the groundbreaking work of Dr. Frans de Waal helped change all of that. De Waal spent his life studying the lives of animals — especially our closest cousins, chimpanzees and bonobos.
