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In the Shadow of Man QUOTES

In the Shadow of Man QUOTES

1 " At that moment there was no need of any scientific knowledge to understand his communication of reassurance. The soft pressure of his fingers spoke to me not through my intellect but through a more primitive emotional channel: the barrier of untold centuries which has grown up during the separate evolution of man and chimpanzee was, for those few seconds, broken down.

It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes. "

― Jane Goodall , In the Shadow of Man