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Frans de Waal, primatologist who argued that apes also have culture, shame and gender roles – obituary ‘Monkeys mimicked the sex-linked preferences of human children.

The primatologist Frans de Waal, who explored empathy and emotion in bonobos and chimps, died last week at 75. His colleague Sarah Brosnan remembers his legacy as both a scientist and friend.