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Frans de Waal: Acclaimed primatologist and impactful Big Thinker

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Frans de Waal was a primatologist who studied the emotional and psychological similarities between humans and apes. He passed from stomach cancer at his home in Stone Mountain, Ga., and is survived by his wife of 40 years, Catherine Marin, and his brothers. His first major contribution to primatology came at the beginning of his career.

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Frans de Waal: Acclaimed primatologist and impactful Big Thinker

Primatologist Frans de Waal, who studied the emotional and psychological similarities between humans and apes, died on March 14, 2024. He passed from stomach cancer at his home in Stone Mountain, Ga., and is survived by his wife of 40 years, Catherine Marin, and his brothers. He was 75 years old. “It’s difficult to sum up the enormity of [his] impact,” Lynne Nygaard, chair of the department of psychology at Emory University, said in the school’s…

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