primate1st Annual GVR Khodadad Endowed Lecture Prosocial Primates: Selfish and Unselfish Motives with Frans de Waal, PhD, Emory University and Director of Living Links Center at the Yerkes Primate Center

Wednesday, October 24, 4:30 p.m.
Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (3417 Spruce St)

Dr. de Waal will discuss how empathy comes naturally to a great variety of animals, including humans. Understanding empathy’s survival value in evolution can help to build a more just society based on a more accurate view of human nature.