Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Why Jane Goodall Thinks Chimps May Have Souls

Interview: Why Jane Goodall Thinks Chimps May Have Souls | Movies & TV | Christianity Today: In [Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park] there are fantastic waterfalls where the water drops eighty feet through a natural gorge. There's a wind caused by the displacement of air with the dropping water, and ferns waving and vines hanging down. And this spectacle causes what we call an incredible "waterfall dance." The chimpanzees will sway rhythmically from foot to foot, and sometimes sit and look at the waterfall. That makes me feel that if the chimpanzees could speak, if they could share the behavior that makes them perform these displays, which I think must be related to awe and wonder, that could lead to one of those early animistic religions where people worship water and sun and elements they can't understand.

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