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De Waal suggested that this evidence of empathy in apes is "perhaps equivalent to what in human children is called 'sympathetic concern. '"

Much the same conclusion is reached by Frans de Waal in another book published in October, "The Age of Empathy. "

On the whole, it appears that Mr de Waal appreciates this point.

In a typical case of tail wagging dog, says Mr de Waal, Azerbaijan sabotaged moves to reopen the border between Turkey and Armenia in 2009.

But De Waal said the recession would have a serious impact on planning a life together.

The evidence is compelling and makes it likely that consolation behavior is an expression of empathy, " de Waal said. "

De Waal was traveling through the dry scrub of Darfur, studying indigenous reactions to the drought that gripped the region.

Previous researchers have claimed that consolation had no effect on stress, said de Waal.

De Waal says that chimps might actually have the capacity for cumulative traditions.

Dr Brosnan and Dr de Waal report that such behaviour is unusual in their trained monkeys.

Such characteristics make them perfect candidates for Dr. Brosnan's and Dr. de waal's study.

But Mr de Waal, a noted British potter and ceramicist, is intently concerned with "how objects get handled, used and handed on" .

Researchers Matthew Campbell and renowned primatologist Franz de Waal, studied 23 chimpanzees who live in two separate groups.

The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance. By Edmund de Waal.

Indeed, as de Waal argues, if we didn't desire the good of others for its own sake, then attaining it wouldn't produce the warm glow.

"This is very bad news, " says Alex de Waal, a Sudan expert at Harvard University.

Frans de Waal is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Primate Behavior at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Brosnan and Dr. De Waal have eventually found in their study that the monkeys

Lost in Wonder: Rediscovering the Spiritual Art of Attentiveness by Esther de Waal