Recommended Podcast: Frans de Waal on Science Friday (NPR)




  • In The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates, primatologist Frans de Waal explores traits like empathy and fairness in our closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees, and argues that human morality is not the product of rational thought or religion, but evolved long ago.

You can stream the podcast here. It should be available for download via itunes tomorrow. 

My last post about de Waal can be found here