Mama's last hug : animal emotions and what they tell us about ourselves

Title Mama's last hug : animal emotions and what they tell us about ourselves
Book Number LP008853
Names Waal, Frans de.
Medium Large Type
Title Status Available for Request
Annotation Primatologist explores the similarities between the ways primates--notably chimpanzees and humans--express emotions. Uses examples demonstrated by Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch at the Burgers Zoo in the Netherlands, to discuss facial expressions, politics, and free will. PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award: 2020. ALA Notable Book Adult Nonfiction, 2020. Unrated. Bestseller. 2019.
Length 533 p.
Local Subject Hard-cover - HC
Font Size - 16 Point - FON16
Adult Nonfiction - AN
Bestseller (Nonfiction) - BEN
Human-Animal Relationships - HAR
Science (Nonfiction) - SCIN
Science - Nature - SCNAT
Science - Zoology, Animals - SCZOO
Award - ALA Notable Book - AWALA
Award-Winner - Adult Nonfiction - AWAN
Bestseller - 2010s - B2010
Language English
ISBN 9781432865610
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