{"id":7275,"date":"2019-04-27T00:13:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T07:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/?p=7275"},"modified":"2019-05-15T11:30:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T18:30:42","slug":"orangutan-expert-and-founder-of-the-orangutan-project-releases-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/orangutan-expert-and-founder-of-the-orangutan-project-releases-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Orangutan Expert and Founder of The Orangutan Project Releases New Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leif Cocks, founder and president of The Orangutan Project has released a new book, &#8220;Finding Our Humanity&#8221; that explores his nearly 30 year career of passionately fighting to save our distant cousin. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/orangutan-expert-and-the-orangutan-project-founder-leif-cocks-releases-new-book-300833247.html\">interview<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\">PR Newswire<\/a> Leif Cocks explains that, &#8220;It can be difficult sometimes for people to see the similarities between humans and orangutans.&#8221; Cocks continues to say, &#8220;I&#8217;ve spent the majority of my life with these great apes and witnessed their humanity many times. We are all Great Apes. Orangutans and humans share 97% of their DNA makeup. Orangutans have cognitive thoughts and have as much humanity as you or me, sometimes more so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can find this book on Amazon buy clicking on the button below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Finding-Our-Humanity-understanding-ourselves-ebook\/dp\/B07QFV69K5\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=finding+our+humanity&amp;qid=1556348206&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=storypodca-20&amp;linkId=2P4S6EY6B462X4AR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.niftybuttons.com\/amazon\/amazon-button9.png\" alt=\"Amazon Button (via NiftyButtons.com)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leif Cocks, founder and president of The Orangutan Project has released a new book, &#8220;Finding Our Humanity&#8221; that explores his nearly 30 year career of passionately fighting to save our distant cousin. 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