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Article: The Ape and the Sushi Master: Cultural Reflections of a Primatologist.(Review)
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- June 22, 2001
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The Ape and the Sushi Master: Cultural Reflections of a Primatologist. By Frans de Waal. 433 pages. Basic Books. $26 hardcover.
How has Buddhism improved the study of animal behavior? What does Shintoism have to say about the scientific method? Are we in anthropodenial? And finally, do apes ape?
Master primatologist Frans de Waal, whose Peacemaking among Primates took an ultraclose look at the sex lives of bonobos, has never been shy about asking provocative questions or about suggesting stimulating theories.
In his new book, de Waal takes animal culture as a given: "The question whether animals have culture is a bit like whether chickens can ...