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what chimpanzees have taught me about who we are
By Roger Fouts and Stephen Tukel Mills
"Next of kin" was published by William Morrow in 1997 - New York, it has 420 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Next of kin” Metadata:
- Title: Next of kin
- Authors: Roger FoutsStephen Tukel Mills
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 420
- Publisher: William Morrow
- Publish Date: 1997
- Publish Location: New York
- Dewey Decimal Classification: 156
- Library of Congress Classification: BF109.F66 A3 1997BF109.F66A3 1997
“Next of kin” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Washoe (Chimpanzee) - Human-animal communication - Chimpanzees - Behavior - Experimental psychologists - Biography - Primatologists - New York Times reviewed - Human-animal relationships
- People: Roger Fouts
- Places: United States
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: ➤ xi, 420 p., [16] p. of plates :
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL669307M - OL2661566W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 36739631
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 97015144
- ISBN-10: 068814862X
- All ISBNs: 068814862X
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Roger Fouts fulfilled humankind's age-old dream of talking to animals by pioneering communication with chimpanzees through sign language. His decades of groundbreaking work with these amazing animals - who share more than 98 percent of our DNA - made scientific history as their unprecedented dialogues opened a window into chimpanzee consciousness and the origins of human language and intelligence. Now, in Next of Kin, Fouts tells the dramatic story of his personal and professional odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist to impassioned crusader for the rights of animals. At the heart of this captivating book is Fouts's magical thirty-year friendship with Washoe, whom we watch grow from a mischievous baby chimp fresh out of the NASA space program into the matriarch of a clan of chimpanzees who fill these pages with tales of humor and heartbreak, pathos and love. Living and conversing with these sensitive creatures has given Fouts a profound appreciation of how much we share with our closest biological relatives, and what they can teach us about ourselves. Fouts also describes the crisis of conscience he faced when he discovered that hundreds of chimpanzees were being subjected to perilous biomedical experimentation in laboratories across America. At significant risk to his own career, he became an outspoken advocate for improved conditions for animals in research labs, and devoted himself to rescuing this lost generation of chimpanzees.
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