Mamas Last Hug, Frans de Waal
Mamas Last Hug, Frans de Waal
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Mama's Last Hug
Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

Bestseller

Author: Frans de Waal

Narrator: L.J. Ganser

Unabridged: 10 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/12/2019

Synopsis

A New York Times Bestseller and winner of the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

Mama’s Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van Hooff. Her story and others like it—from dogs “adopting” the injuries of their companions, to rats helping fellow rats
in distress, to elephants revisiting the bones of their loved ones—show that humans are not the only species with the capacity for love, hate, fear, shame, guilt, joy, disgust, and empathy. Frans de Waal opens our hearts and minds to the many ways in which humans and other animals are connected.

"Game-changing."—New York Times Book Review

About Frans de Waal

Frans de Waal, Ph.D., is a biologist and ethologist, world-renowned for his work on the social intelligence of primates such as chimpanzees, bonobos, capuchins, and macaques. He is credited with the discovery of reconciliation in chimpanzees, and he is the founder of the field of conflict resolution research in animals. He was the first scientist to show that apes resolve conflicts, cooperate, and console one another. He is the author of eight books, including The Ape and the Sushi Master, a New York Times Notable Book, and Peacemaking Among Primates, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award. De Waal is currently the C. H. Candler Professor in the psychology department of Emory University and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes Primate Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on March 20, 2024

As a student, realizing that my biology books were of little help explaining chimpanzee behavior, I picked up a copy of Machiavelli’s The Prince. It offered an insightful, unadorned account of human behavior based on real-life observations of the Borgias, the Medici, and the popes. The book put m......more

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on February 24, 2020

It´s interesting, if one gets a score of over 90 percent or even, let´s just say, hm 98,8 percent, the person would say that this is close to absolute. No matter if it is a test, a comparison or whatever. But as soon as it goes like "You know, those missing 1,2 percent are the difference between you......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on July 15, 2019

Frans DeWaal is a primatologist who has studied animal emotions for decades. This fascinating book explores the rich emotional lives of animals. Relating observations and laboratory experiments we are told of emotions found not only in primates, but rats, moles, and fish. Due to a lack of language i......more

Goodreads review by Ali on December 14, 2019

I wanted to like this, I really did. De Waal is such a nice guy, and such a thoughtful writer, and a brilliant primate scientist. But Mama's Last Hug is not, IMHO, de Waal at his best. While I agree with the vast majority of the arguments he puts about the role of emotion and the social interactions......more

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