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...because you don’t sponge on your friends, and I had heard about Louis Leakey. So I went to see him at the museum. I told him I was interested in animals and that ended up with him offering me a job as his secretary. And that??€™s how it began. Pretty amazing...
...Overall, basically that the chimps have shown that there is no sharp line dividing us from the rest of the animal kingdom, that we’re part of the animal kingdom. That??€™s because there are so many biological similarities and behavioral similarities. Then if we want a more specific contribution, I hope that my work will eventually show the tremendous importance of early experience—the difference between good mothering and bad mothering in chimp society. The offspring of the mothers who are less protective, less supportive, less affectionate, less playful—they tend...
...That??€™s where you come back to the tremendous importance of early experience, which human child psychiatrists and psychologists are now talking about all the time. And interestingly, it was the early child psychologists who were far more interested in what I brought back from Gombe than any of the ethologists, because of the mother-infant relationship that I had found...
...whether or not you reach out to others really depends on whether or not you’re the right person to do it. Some people are really good at arguing, and that doesn’t really change peoples opinions. But if you can get into their hearts, that??€™s what’s so important. Make people think about this question: if we’re the most intellectual animals that have ever walked on this planet, which we are, why are we destroying our only home? I think we’ve lost wisdom...
...That??€™s in the hands of the good Lord, but—provided I maintain my health and my energy—I will continue to try to reach into some of these places where we haven’t yet reached. Fortunately there are all these amazing, talented, and inspired young people. Hopefully, I can start something and it will grow from that little seed...