Primates
A selection of programmes and clips about monkeys and apes.
Monkey Planet—Archive on 4
Will Self asks where apes end and human apes begin.
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In Search of Jenny—Nature, Series 3
The search to find the first gorilla brought out of Africa to live in captivity.
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The Origins of War
Is war a uniquely human act, or can its origins be found in our evolutionary past?
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What are primates?
Charlotte Uhlenbroek on primate variety and the difference between monkeys and apes.
Monkeys And Apes
Brett Westwood explores how staring into the eyes of an ape is like looking in the mirror
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Chimp to Chimp: new research on the ability of chimpanzees to learn new ‘words’
New research shows social learning might be present in chimpanzees
Simon Schaffer on humans, apes and Carl Linnaeus—A History of Ideas
Simon Schaffer on botanist Carl Linnaeus who first classified humans among the apes
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Gibbon calls 'could shed light on human speech'—Today, 08/04/2015
Anthropologist Esther Clarke on research interpreting secret communication of gibbons.
Adrenaline junkies—Monkey Planet, Master Minds
Rhesus macaqeus in India divebomb from a lamppost just for fun.
David Attenborough encounters gorillas—Life on Earth, Life in the Trees
Memorable moments with one of the rarest great apes.
Tool using monkeys of Thailand—Monkey Planet, Master Minds
Long tailed macaques in coastal Thailand use stone tools to crack open shellfish.
