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Title: Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees by Roger Fouts, Stephen Tukel Mills ISBN: 0-380-72822-2 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.89 (44 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This Book Will Change You
Comment: No matter your philosophy on the feelings and intellect of animals, this book will change it. I believe that animals have emotions and cognitive skills, but this book really enhanced and helped direct my own personal creed.
The book tells story of a young grad student who falls into a cross-fostering experiment with a young chimpanzee named Washoe. Two professors are raising her as a human child and teaching her sign language. Fouts ends up as Washoe's lifelong caretaker and friend, traveling with her as she is moved from university to university, trying to protect her against a system that views her as an unfeeling piece of property. Along the way other chimpanzees join him and Washoe, until he has a small family of chimps, all capable of sign language, to care for.
The book is remarkable for many reasons. The narrative is interesting, clearly explained, and easy to read, even when Fouts discusses the physiology of language and evolution. The story is fascinating, the antics of the chimps are hilarious and eye-opening, and Fouts' journey to find Washoe and her family a good home (from Reno to Oklahoma to Washington) is determined and inspiring. The subject matter is phenomenal. Reading about Washoe's son, Loulis, learning sign language from her (the first animal to be taught a human language by another animal), the interactions between the chimps and humans (Lucy, who brews tea and serves it to Fouts every morning) and the brief legal history of the chimpanzees as research subjects, is incredible.
Read this book with an open mind. It will change you.
Rating: 5
Summary: There is hope for humanity.
Comment: One of the problems in reading a lot is that it becomes difficult to find books that provide substance, an opportunity to learn and a riveting subject. I am pleased to advise that this book does all of this and more. Roger Fouts does not claim to be a hero. In fact, he confesses to being disappointed, confused, even weak at times. All the more reason to admire his dedication to his subjects and his refusal to buckle under severe pressure. This book gives the reader an opportunity to visit with and begin to understand another species, to develop some understanding of another language, to understand the history and development of the human species along with the workings of academia and the "scientific" mind (and you thought "Freddy" was scary!). At times it is heartwarming, at others it touches on the cold, cruel, self-absorption that humans are capable of. It well demonstrates the belief that "evil is possible where empathy is absent". This book underlines our responsibility to all life on Earth to act with respect and caring towards all species. Reading about Washoe, her family and her friends will not always be easy but it will change you for the better. They teach us about our own humanity. They also provide strong reinforcement and inspiration for those who sometimes feel isolated and alone in their journey to protect the voiceless.
Rating: 5
Summary: An perfect story of humor, pain and science
Comment: As a student of Dr. Foutes at CWU, we were assigned to read this book as part of his class. Before I started reading it, I thought it would be another boring psych book. This book has an incredible story of teahing chimps to communicate and makes you think very deeply about what, if anything makes us so much more special than other animals. It has awesome ideas about the development of human language and thought processes and insights on how bad most research centers treat their animals. There is no way any one can read this book and not be moved by it. It is truly an incredible book.
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Title: Significant Others: The Ape-Human Continuum and the Quest for Human Nature by Craig B. Stanford ISBN: 046508172X Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Kanzi : The Ape at the Brink of the Human Mind by Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Roger Lewin ISBN: 047115959X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Great Ape Project : Equality Beyond Humanity by Paola Cavalieri, Peter Singer ISBN: 031211818X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Apes, Language, and the Human Mind by Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Stuart G. Shanker, Talbot J. Taylor ISBN: 019514712X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.50 |
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Title: In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall ISBN: 0618056769 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 21 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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