On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:51:01 -0500, Marilyn Harris <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>Re: Goodall and nasty humans: she's exactly right - what other animal is wrecking the planet
>and devises the most elaborate methods of slaughtering their own kind in incredibly staggering numbers?
But the point of the chimpanzee war is that she realized she was wrong:
“When I first started at Gombe, I thought the chimps were nicer than we are,”
Jane recalls wistfully. “But time has revealed that they are not. They can be
just as awful.”
And, as I mentioned, the difference is quantitative - as you say, numbers.
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Cheers,
Ken