14 TRAITS OF YOUNG CHIMPANZEES 



will this waste of scientific effort be obviated and the system- 

 atic and profitable investigation of problems by the use of 

 primates made possible. For those who are familiar at first 

 hand with anthropological and psychological research, it is 

 needless to insist that the infrahuman primates should prove 

 invaluable. With them it should be possible to make 

 observations under controlled experimental conditions and 

 with knowledge of the life history and characteristics of the 

 subject which is either quite impossible or obviously im- 

 practicable in case of human subjects. For the layman 

 and would-be patron of research with the primates, demon- 

 stration of values is essential. 



