Our Inner Ape

A surprising exploration of our humanity, as seen through the behavior of our closet primate kin. For nearly twenty years, Frans d Waal has studied and worked with both the famously aggressive chimpanzee and the lesser-known egalitarian, matriarchal bonobo, two species whose DNA is nearly identical to that of humans. De Waal shows the range of human behavior through his study of chimpanzees and bonobos, drawing from their personalities, relationships, power struggles, and hijinks important insights about our human behavior. The result is an engrossing narrative that reveals what their behavior can teach us about our own nature.