Frans de Waal quote: Experiments with animals have long been handicapped by our anthropocentric attitude: We often test them in ways that work fine ...

Experiments with animals have long been handicapped by our anthropocentric attitude: We often test them in ways that work fine with humans but not so well with other species.

~ Frans de Waal ~

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