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JG: As soon as I got to recognize them as individuals, I gave them names. There were some in the very early days that I named and then wasn’t quite sure about, so some of the very early names kind of disappeared. But basically, once I was...
JG: The non-verbal communication, kissing, embracing, holding hands, patting on the back, swaggering, throwing rocks, using tools, making tools, nurturing infants; showing real altruism by rescuing infants, adopting them, caring for them. And then on the reverse side you get this brutal behavior and a kind of primitive inclination...
7. FM: Do we have anything to learn from them?
JG: I don’t really think it has had any. I think that my own interactions with humans were probably determined by my amazing mother and my wonderful family. Perhaps my years with the chimpanzees made me observe humans in a different way, but not really interact with...
“I like weird words, like words with “aa” and “oe” in them, and “V” is a terrible letter, since it’s really hard to make words from, so the game...