December 2011
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A Primate's Memoir: Book Review
Here is my melodramatic review of the ending to Sapolsky’s acclaimed A Primate’s Memoir (spoiler alert). This was a text to my friend who had me read the book, so emphatic and excited about me reading it.
You should have prepared me! It was like that scene in Toy Story 3 where you just KNOW they weren’t going to die, you just KNOW…then they do but only one survives, and...
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“As Holy Scripture tells us, the wise King Solomon, the son of David “spake...”
– Konrad Lorenz, King Solomon’s Ring
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“People talk openly and naturally about animals having a sense of humor, feeling...”
– Marc Bekoff, The Evolution of Ethology, an interview
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