I don't know how many times I've heard a dying person say, " I'm glad I'm going first because I can't imagine living without my beloved husband/wife/companion."
Which although it's exactly how I feel, always makes me feel a little guilty or wonder whether I'm being a bit selfish.
So I give thanks for the life of Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
Oh dear. This is the kind of story that can make life seem like a jungle.
You know how humans love to wage war, slaughter their neighbours, and steal their land?
Well now we know who to blame for those bad habits.
After years of field observations in Uganda's Kibale National Park, John Mitani of the University of Michigan and several colleagues have concluded that chimps wage war to conquer new territory.
But of course, sadly, we are also to blame. Because it takes two to tango.
And as I once explained, we really should have gone with the bonobos.
The Pan troglodytes chimps he studies are one of two subspecies. The other is called Pan paniscus, also known as bonobos, and, says Mitani, "the latter, as far as we know, aren't nearly as aggressive with respect to intergroup relations. Yet they're equally close to us."
Who prefer to make love not war. With everyone. All the time.
