Went to a lecture tonight by Frans De Waal. He's a primatologist who recently published the book Our Inner Ape. Absolutely spellbinding material. He correlates human social and political behavior with that of other apes, mostly Chimps and Bonobos. He finds human behavior rooted in the very diverse social behaviors of our nearest relatives, the chimps and bonobos. Coincidently, also at the lecture was a very good old friend of mine who first introduced me to anarcho-syndicalism and told me I should read Kropotkin. Kropotkin was one of the first modern scientists to interpret human social and political behavior in connection with other cooperative species.

The book looks good, but if you have a chance to hear De Waal, don't pass it up. He's an engaging public speaker and a creative experimenter. He was able to test responses to labor markets in apes.

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