Adriaan Kortlandt Quotes

Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15 minutes, watching the changing colors and then retire to the forest without picking a pawpaw for supper.

Adriaan Kortlandt

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• Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15 minutes, watching the changing colors and then retire to the forest without picking a pawpaw for supper.

  

  Adriaan Kortlandt
  • Forest
  • Gaze
  • Chimpanzee