Tag Archives: Jane Goodall

Francis and the wild things

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Dave

Of Saint Francis’s ability to lure birds and beasts there can hardly be any question. But the modern reader may well inquire as to the nature of his alluring power and may ask science for an explanation. Unfortunately science seems … Continue reading →

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KILL-JOY WAS NOT HERE

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Dave

If an innate enjoyment of domination is not the source of human evil, then neither is an innate enjoyment of killing. According to ”bio-theology”, this allegedly basic trait in human nature evolved over the past couple of million years, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Bartolomeo Manfredi, Craig McGregor, Desmond Morris, Harold E. Driver, Irven DeVore, Jane Goodall, K.R.L. Hall, Lionel Tiger, Madronna Holden, Robert Ardrey, Robin Fox, Stanley Kubrick, titiaan, Titian, Vernon and Frances Reynolds, William Weinraub | Leave a comment

BORN TO BE WILD?

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Dave

Well then, what about the baboon male? How does he become dominant, and how much do inherited drives and traits enter into the process? At one time baboon dominance was thought to be almost entirely a matter of inheritance; of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Ashley Montagu, Beyond the gates of Splendor, Boyce Rensberger, Desmond Morris, Harold E. Driver, Irven De Vore, Jane Goodall, K.R.L. Hall, Lionel Tiger, Raymond Dart, Robert Ardrey, Robert Ruark, Robert Wingfield, Robin Fox, Steve Saint, Tasaday Stone Age tribe, Tasaday Tribe Philippines, Thelma Rowell, Theodore Schwartz, Vernon and Frances Reynolds, William Golding | Leave a comment

TRUE IN-APE and INNATE IMPULSES

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Dave

Just how feeble the grip of instinct is, even on human’s near relatives, can be seen by examining the mating behavior of the chimp. Considering the vital role of mating in the survival of any species, one might expect that … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged B.F. Skinner, Bio-theology, Desmond Morris, Elsa Born Free, Harry F. Harlow, Irven De Vore, Jane Goodall, K.R.L. Hall, Lionel Tiger, Robert Ardrey, Robin Fox, Thelma Rowell | Leave a comment

THE PEACEABLE PRIMATE ?

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Dave

The theologians of biology. Many have asserted that bloodlust and the love of violence are built into our genes. Others say no; like our primate cousins today, our remote forebears had to cooperate to survive, and preferred to anyway. Man … Continue reading →