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Renowned expert on primate cooperation to speak at animal research ethics forum

In the midst of an ongoing UW discussion surrounding the ethics of animal research, the university will host a scientist renowned for his research on primates? level of cooperation at an ethics of animal research open forum Feb. 3. Frans de Waal, a psychology professor at Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University, will discuss observed pro-social behavior of primates and elephants.