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The Bonobo and the Atheist

by Frans de Waal

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A renowned primatologist argues that ethical behavior witnessed in animals is the evolutionary and biological origin of human fairness and explains that morality has more to do with natural instincts than with religion.

Animal behaviorBehavior evolutionPsychologyHuman behaviorEvolutionary EthicsBehaviorEthicsPrimatesBonoboEmpathyHumanismReligion