<p>For 30 years Roger Fouts has pioneered communication with chimpanzees through sign language--beginning with a mischievous baby chimp named Washoe. This remarkable book describes Fout's odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist to impassioned crusader for the rights of animals. Living and conversing with these sensitive creatures has given him a profound appreciation of what they can teach us about ourselves. It has also made Fouts an outspoken opponent of biomedical experimentation on chimpanzees. A voyage of scientific discovery and interspecies communication, this is a stirring tale of friendship, courage, and compassion that will change forever the way we view our biological--and spritual--next of kin.</p>

Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees

Roger Fouts

Stephen Tukel Mills

Sports & Outdoors

William Morrow Paperbacks

<p>Roger Fouts pioneered communication with chimpanzees through sign language. This is the story of his odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist to impassioned crusader for the rights of animals. At the heart of this book is his 30-year friendship with Washoe, whom we watch grow from a baby chimp fresh into the matriarch of a clan of chimpanzees. Fouts also discovered that hundreds of chimpanzees were being subjected to perilous biomedical experimentation in labs across America. He became an outspoken advocate for improved conditions for animals in research labs, &amp; devoted himself to rescuing this generation of chimpanzees.</p>

Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me about Who We Are

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

Morrow, William, & Co., Inc.

Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Who We Are [ILLUSTRATED]

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

William Morrow & Co., New York

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