This episode is with Frans De Waal. He is a professor in Emory University's psychology department and the Director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. He is the author of several popular books like 'Chimpanzee politics', The age of empathy' and 'The bonobo and the atheist'. His latest book is 'Different: gender through the eyes of a primatologist'.
More about Frans's work:
https://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/people/dewaal.shtml
List of his books:
https://www.amazon.com/Frans-De-Waal/e/B000APOHE0/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk
Episode links:
Website: https://www.reasonwithscience.com/home/how-human-values-evolve-with-frans-de-waal
Youtube: https://youtu.be/liNH1h8lZN4
Spotify:
Apple podcast:
Google podcast:
Follow Reason with Science:
Website: https://www.reasonwithscience.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/reasonwithscience
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5qFLGsPWjL4GAGidmF2nKh
Apple podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reason-with-science/id1641776894
Google podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9iMjMyNDZlOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Welcome and introduction
00:00:35 Journey of Frans De Waal
00:01:58 Why to study animals?
00:04:51 Are humans rational?
00:07:31 Evolution of blind faith?
00:09:04 What is the foundation of morality?
00:12:15 What is reciprocity?
00:14:41 Importance of reciprocity in societies
00:16:00 Do hierarchies exist? What is their need in the society?
00:19:48 Where is the power in a hierarchy?
00:21:28 Bonobos and the matriarchy!
00:24:34 Unconscious bias
00:28:07 Luit: an alpha male targeted by a coup in the colony
00:31:07 Do animals grieve?
00:33:13 Consciousness and Sentience
00:36:49 Do we need zoo's?
00:38:46 Chimp Haven: A project for chimpanzee's released for research labs
00:40:38 Future of farm animals
00:42:43 Saving animals from poaching
00:44:01 International orangutan day
00:44:57 Questions from Dr. Kavyashree Manjunath
00:48:36 Question from Dr. Devendra Mohan Mathur
00:50:58 Questions from Dr. Neha Shukla
00:55:59 Question from Dr. Manu Sharma
00:57:19 Question from Anna Papageorgiou
01:00:00 Question from Reema Masey
01:01:55 Question from Dr. Sara bologna
01:04:04 Question from Dr. Sreetama Bhadra
01:06:12 Upcoming book and farewell