Frans de Waal / Short Gamma Ray Bursts

How close are our closest living relatives, the apes?
How does what we know about apes affect what we think about ourselves?  Primatologist Frans de Waal talks about the connections between humans and apes...including the latest on the genome similarities.

His latest book is Our Inner Ape.

Plus solving a mystery of the cosmos: Short Gamma-Ray Bursts...finally figured out!

Guests:

Dr. Frans B. M. de Waal
Director, Living Links Center
C. H. Candler Professor of Primate Behavior
Department of Psychology, Emory University


Short Gamma-Ray Burst Mystery: Solved!

Donald Q. Lamb
Louis Block Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics
University of Chicago
  Chicago, Illinois

Books/Articles Discussed:

Our Inner Ape

Scientists Observe the Most Disant Cosmos

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This segment produced by Annette Heist