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In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes from within. Moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but is in fact a product of evolution. For many years, de Waal has observed chimpanzees soothe distressed neighbors and bonobos share their food. Now he delivers fascinating fresh evidence for the seeds of ethical behavior in primate societies that further cements the case for the biological origins of human fairness.

Foreword by Ashley Judd “Rosenfeld’s tour-de-force takes the power of female alliances to a higher level, giving us a road map for a new vision of women’s equality through the relationships and bonds we form among one another. The gift of this book is that it gives us hope.”—Valerie...

În Bonobo și ateul, Frans de Waal folosește cunoștințele dobândite în zeci de ani de cercetare a primatelor, și a speciei bonobo în particular, pentru a aprofunda cu ochiul fin al eseistului cultural, versat în istoria artei și în filozofie, probleme fundamentale ale naturii umane. Care este izvorul moralității și ce transformări a suferit aceasta pe parcursul evoluției? Putem fi buni și altruiști și în lipsa constrângerilor religiei? Este simțul moral apanajul omului, sau e prezent şi la speciile de maimuțe cu care ne înrudim?

Warum hat sie diese Einladung bloß angenommen? Weihnachten ist ja bekanntermaßen das Fest der Familie. Daher nimmt sie ihre beiden Kinder mit zu ihrem Cousin, der die alleinerziehende Mutter großmütig eingeladen hat, sich mit seiner Musterfamilie und der Familie eines befreundeten Bankers an den üppig gedeckten Tisch zu setzen. Ein Essen in seliger Eintracht im Glanz des Weihnachtsbaumes? Nicht ganz... Denn lauscht man dieser jungen Frau von heute, offenbart sich, was sie angesichts der virulenten Themen unserer Gesellschaft fühlt und denkt.

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Tomasello assembles nearly three decades of experimental work with chimpanzees, bonobos, and human children to propose a new framework for psychological growth between birth and seven years of age. Becoming Human places human sociocultural activity within the framework of modern evolutionary theory and shows how biology creates the conditions under which culture does its work.

Serial entrepreneur Christiane Lemieux describes the new rules of entrepreneurship and business, arguing that visionary startups leverage the concept of “frictionless” to beat their competitors. Based on interviews with dozens of startup founders, experts and scholars on entrepreneurship...