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Presents an excerpt from the book "My Family Album: Thirty Years of Primate Photography," by Frans B.M. de Waal.

Suggests that scientists doing research on animals should be attached in some way to the animal, as opposed to being totally objective. View that the image of the unloving and unfeeling scientist is a caricature, and that it is the rare scientist who is not at some level attached to the creatures he or she works with; How attraction to animals helps observations and research findings; Specifics on animal research.

Focuses on the interest of Nadia Kohts, wife of Alexander Fiodorovich Kohts, in animal cognition. Books written; Advantages of her relative isolation in Moscow, Russia; Career in ethology.

Discusses how artwork done by apes can offer insight into the artistic impulses of humans. Painting technique used by apes; Comparison of artwork of apes and humans; Some well-know artists that owned primate art.

Suggests that if Abraham Maslow had noticed the interdependencies among the primates that he studied, he might have developed a different view of self-actualization. Maslow's interest in ambition and its potential benefits; The connection between power and sexual success; Requirement of a social relationship for dominance to exist; Consideration of the social side of the drive for dominance.

Focuses on the growth of proponents of sociobiology which argues that genetic makeup plays a key role in human behavior. Features of the arguments by sociobiologists; Criticisms of sociobiology; Reason for the growth of sociobiology; Role of education in the debate on sociobiology.

This article presents information related to human will power. Given the obvious will to power of the human race, the enormous energy put into its expression, the early emergence of hierarchies among children, and the childlike devastation of grown men who tumble from the top, people are surrounded by the taboo. Most psychology textbooks do not even mention power and dominance, except in relation to abusive relationships. Everyone seems in denial. In one study on the power motive, corporate managers were asked about their relationship with power. They did acknowledge the existence of a lust for power, but never applied it to themselves. They enjoyed responsibility, prestige, and authority.

Asserts there exists a moral flaw in an argument pertaining to the rights of animals. Implied meaning behind a United States court ruling; Research suggesting animals have feelings similar to humans; Human obligations to animals.

Comments on the news report about a female gorilla's saving of a three-year-old boy. Image of animals in Western culture; Exhibition of sings of morality in the animal kingdom; Compassion as a natural tendency in animals and human societies.