More than just DNA separates us from our evolutionary cousins (Image: Plush Studio/Getty
AFTER a pet chimpanzee named Travis severely mauled a Connecticut woman in February, police wanted an explanation. Perhaps the ape didn’t recognise the victim – who he knew well – because of a new haircut. Maybe Lyme disease or an anti-anxiety drug sparked the attack.
What else could explain such savage behaviour from a creature who shared 98.4 per cent of his DNA – and the odd glass of wine – with his human keepers?
Nonsense, argues Jeremy Taylor in his takedown of such anthropomorphic attitudes. In this book, his…
