Quotes by Elizabeth Lonsdorf

“We found that mothers showed no differential behavior toward their sons versus their daughters. They werent being nasty to their sons or encouraging to their daughters.”

“Each gender may be innately better at certain tasks, but that doesnt mean that they arent capable of trying any task.”

“Female chimps that we studied tended to learn the skill about 27 months earlier than male chimps,”

“Female chimps that we studied tended to learn the skill about 27 months earlier than male chimps. Little girl chimps at the termite mound, even at very young ages, tended to watch their mothers more and pay close attention, while little boy chimps were off kind of playing around in the trees and doing somersaults.”