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If we could talk to the animals, what might they tell us about politics?

Jane Goodall is one of many scientists who have revealed how much there is to learn from animals about social organisation and communication.AAP/Julian Smith

To endow animals with human emotions has long been a scientific taboo. But if we do not, we risk missing something fundamental about both animals and us. – Frans De Waal

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