While it seems patently obvious to us now, in the 21st century, that raising a chimpanzee apart from other chimpanzees is a bad idea, I don't think it was as ob

While it seems patently obvious to us now, in the 21st century, that raising a chimpanzee apart from other chimpanzees is a bad idea, I don't think it was as obvious in the 1970's as the article makes out. Lucy had already been separated from her mother at a young age before the researchers ever met her, so it's not like a "natural" situation was even possible at that point. Now we have people who know what is possible and what is not, in regards to chimpanzee rehabilitation, but I think it was not so clear at the time.