When one has extensively pondered about men, as a career or as a vocation, one sometimes feels nostalgic for primates. At least th...ey do not have ulterior motives.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels ins...tead of the higher primates.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We belong to that order of mammals, the primates, distinguished by its propensity for repeated single litters, intense parental ca...re, long life-spans, late sexual maturity, and a complex and extensive social existence... Our protracted biological and psychological helplessness, which extends well into the third year of life, intensifies the bond between infant and parents, making possible a sense of generational continuity. In contrast to other primates these bonds are not obliterated after sexual maturity.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »