Fouts, Roger. Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Who We Are.

Title Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Who We Are Author Fouts, Roger & Stephen Tukel Mills Introduction Goodall, Jane Publisher William Morrow & Company Year 1997 ISBN 068814862X (Hardcover) Illustrations (black & white photographs) Pages 416 Categories Washoe, chimpanzees, American Sign Language, behavior, science, psychology, United States, biography, primates, communication, animals, essays, Roger Fouts Language English (en), German (de) Summary from Amazon.com At the heart of this moving and vibrant book is Fouts' magical, 30-year friendship with Washoe—the chimp whom Fouts has taught American Sign Language—whose dialogues with the author have opened a window into chimpanzee consciousness. A heartwarming true story from the real Dr. Doolittle. Comparative psychologist Dr. Roger Fouts takes listeners through the remarkable 30-year odyssey of his personal and professional relationship with Washoe P. Satyrus, a baby chimp he adopted from the American Space Program. One of those rare works of nonfiction that touches our hearts, opens our minds and challenges our sensibilities, this book will forever change our view of our closest relatives—and how we see ourselves.

See and/or order this title at Amazon.com:

• Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees, Paperback, 432 pages, Daniel m Barber, 1998
• 1st Edition, Hardcover, 416 pages, William Morrow & Co, 1997
• 4 Audio Cassettes, Simon & Schuster, 1997

See and/or order this title at Amazon.co.uk:

• Next of Kin: What my Conversations with Chimpanzees Have Taught me about Intelligence, Compassion and Being Human, Paperback, 416 pages, Penguin, 1998
• Next of Kin: What my Conversations with Chimpanzees Have Taught me about Intelligence, Compassion and Being Human, Hardcover, 416 pages, Michael Joseph, 1997
• Hardcover, 420 pages, William Morrow, 1997
• 4 Audio Cassettes, Simon & Schuster, 1997

See and/or order this title at Amazon.de:

• Hardcover, 420 pages, William Morrow, 1997
• Unsere nächsten Verwandten: Von Schimpansen lernen, was es heißt, ein Mensch zu sein, Hardcover, 495 pages, Limes, 1998 (German)
• 4 Audio Cassettes, Simon & Schuster, 1997

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