Primatologist Frans de Waal shares some of his research, revealing that we share moral characteristics like empathy, fairness, cooperation, and reciprocity with many other mammals. This TEDx talk brings alive the interconnection between human values and behavior in other animals.

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  • Melissa

    It is proof that animals are much more than "dumb animals" as so many "dumb" humans believe.

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  • Professor de Waal runs the Living Links Center, which studies similarities in genetics, anatomy, cognition, and behavior between humans and apes.  Check-out his work.
  • Can science inform our understanding of ethics? Read E.O. Wilson's "Consilience" essay on the sociobiology of morality.
  • Celebrate your mammalness! Exercise compassion and fairness.

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