To reconnect with nature is key if we want to save the planet.

Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned from them has shaped my understanding of human behavior, of our place in nature.

Especially females and the younger ones like to be with somebody who is wise.

I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't know.

It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of primitive human warfare.

Of course animals have a personality and emotions.

Other people have talked about chimpanzees being a window into the past, which I suppose is true, in a way.