Mama's Last Hug - Animal Emotions And What They Teach Us About Ourselves (Paperback)

It opens with the moving farewell between Mama, a dying 59-year-old chimpanzee matriarch, and Jan Van Hoof, who was Frans de Waal's mentor and thesis advisor. The filmed event has since gone viral (over 9.5 million views on YouTube).

De Waal discusses facial expressions, animal sentience and consciousness, the emotional side of human politics, and the illusion of free will. He distinguishes between emotions and feelings, all the while emphasizing the continuity between our species and other species. And he makes the radical proposal that emotions are like organs: we haven't a single organ that other animals don't have, and the same is true for our emotions.

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Most captivating book I’ve read

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 | Review by: Angela K.

Mama’s Last Hug was recommended to me by a primatologist I met while observing chimps in Kibale Forest, Uganda. De Waal is a brilliant observer and for anyone interested in animal emotions (or our own!) it’s a must-read. I can’t put it down.

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