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Almost Chimpanzee
Rather than focusing on how similar humans are to chimpanzees, can more be learned by examining how we're different?
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Gorilla Genome Sheds Light On Human Evolution
A study in Nature finds that gorillas are more like humans than previously thought.
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Jane Goodall
Ira talks with primatologist Jane Goodall, 50 years after her first encounters with the chimpanzees of the Gombe.
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Primate Music
There's research on whales singing and birds dancing, but what about monkeys and apes? In this segment, we'll look at the musical abilities of our fellow primates.
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Dian Fossey’s classic account of her fieldwork is on the reading list this month.
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