Rumbaugh calls Gruen "An A+ Student of Primates"
September 07, 2010
Written by Al Setka, Director of Communications
The following blog was submitted by Dr. Duane M. Rumbaugh, scientist emeritus at Great Ape Trust.
The Minnesota Public Radio program that aired today was wonderful! Dr. Sue and Sara Gruen provided listeners with an accurate and sound communication about bonobos and their interactions with those responsible to their lives and well being. It was a winner of a program and educational lesson in how new dimensions of intelligence, communication, and language origins can be better understood. Sue merits grand applause and stable support for her research and uniquely productive career. Her work will have, I believe, a lasting and constructive impact upon the world and its inhabitants.
Please forward my congratulations and sincere appreciation to Sara Gruen and to Sue, both of whom are A+ students of primates. They make a powerful team that holds promise of changing the world's view of apes, bonobos, humans, and research!
Melanie Adams says:
A fan of Jane Goodall all my life, and having just completed Sara's book, I am fascinated and impressed with the work of the Trust.
Sara, thank you for bringing to light this incredible research and the work of the trust- the experiece must have been life changing.
When you get brave enough to make that trip to the Congo - keep us posted!