Frans De Waal Biography

Dr. Frans B. M. de Waal is a Dutch/American biologist and primatologist known for his work on the behavior and social intelligence of primates. His first book Chimpanzee Politics (1982) compared the schmoozing and scheming of chimpanzees involved in power struggles with that of human politicians. Ever since de Waal has drawn parallels between primate and human behavior from peacemaking and morality to culture. His scientific work has been published in hundreds of technical articles in journals such as Science Nature Scientific American and outlets specialized in animal behavior. His popular books — translated into twenty languages — have made him one of the world's most visible primatologists. His latest books are The Age of Empathy (2009) and The Bonobo and the Atheist (2013). Two recent edited volumes are The Primate Mind (2012) and Evolved Morality (2014).
De Waal is C. H. Candler Professor in the Psychology Department of Emory University and Director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta Georgia. Since 2013 he is a Distinguished Professor (Universiteitshoogleraar) at Utrecht University. He has been elected to the (US) National Academy of Sciences the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. In 2007 he was selected by Time as one of The Worlds' 100 Most Influential People Today and in 2011 by Discover as among 47 (all time) Great Minds of Science. Being editor-in-chief of the journal Behaviour de Waal has stepped in the footsteps of Niko Tinbergen one of the founders of ethology.

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