Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Why we need more Jane Goodalls

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Ben Garrod, Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Science Engagement, University of East Anglia

The pant-hoot of a chimpanzee is one of the most visceral sounds in nature – a rolling call that rises to a crescendo. I once heard the call cutting through the heavy silence of the evening air. The cacophony trailed off and ended with the two apes patting one another, in reassurance and reconciliation.

Unlike most chimpanzee hoots performed in dense African forests, the echoes of this one bounced off the towering sandstone pillars of a cathedral. There were no chimpanzees in sight, just two humans in front of an audience of hundreds, at a science festival. As my heart rate returned…

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