德瓦尔论七种人猿界线说及人在动物界的地位

德瓦尔以大量事实证明:猿类也有理性、语言和文化,也制造和使用工具,也搞政治,也能创作具有一定形式美的艺术品,也有道德意识和准则,因而,理性论、工具论、语言论、政治论、艺术论、文化论和道德论的人猿或人兽界线论都是不能成立的。人与其他猿在各方面都只有程度上的差异而没有性能种类上的不同,人是与其他猿相比各有长短又在某些方面具有明显优势的潘属猿中的裸猿。

Frans de Waal’s Reviews on Seven Theories on the Differences between Man and Apes and his View on the Position of Man in Animal Kingdom

Frans de Waal has proved with a lot of facts that apes are also rational,political,artistic,cultural and moral,are also able to create and use tools,and have also language;thus,the rational,tool,political,lingual,artistic and cultural and moral theories on the differences between man and apes or other animals are all untenable.There are only differences of extent and no that of essence in every aspects between man and apes,man is the naked one of apes in the genus of Pan who has advantages and shortages compared with other apes and has obviously advantages over them in some aspects.