It is well known that apes in the wild offer spontaneous assistance to each other, defending against leopards, say, or consoling distressed companions with tender embraces.

I'm personally a nonbeliever, so I'm struggling with if we really need religion.

A chimpanzee who is really gearing up for a fight doesn't waste time with gestures but just goes ahead and attacks.

We justify the inequalities by saying some people are just better and smarter than others and the strong should survive and the poor can die off.

There is little evidence that other animals judge the appropriateness of actions that do not directly affect themselves.

If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks back at us. If they are animals, what must we be?

Empathy probably started out as a mechanism to improve maternal care. Mammalian mothers who were attentive to their young's needs were more likely to rear successful offspring.