The Human Spark, With Alan Alda: So Human, So Chimp

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We are separated from our nearest relatives, the chimpanzees, by only one or two percent of our genes - but also by some six million years of going our different evolutionary ways. So we are aware that their minds are very different from our own. In this episode Alan Alda sets out to explore that difference, and finds that some scientists studying chimps and other non-human primates see the continuity between us, others emphasize the differences. Alan challenges the arguments of both sides in the debate. Yes, we have much in common with chimps, but what about that one or two percent difference in our DNA? Does this mask not a tiny difference but an evolutionary chasm?
Introduction: The Human Spark, with Alan Alda - Part 2, So Human, So Chimp (0:45)
Sponsors: The Human Spark, with Alan Alda - Part 2, So Human, So Chimp (0:44)
Meet Noah and Russell (1:04)
Hondo North Carolina Zoo Chimp (2:35)
Chimpanzee Politics - Garnering Favors (3:09)
Experiment: Chimp Learning (4:06)
Experiment: Human Learning (2:41)
Abstract Thought (3:24)
Chimp Consciousness (2:26)
Working Notion of Other Minds (3:24)
Social Scheming & Politics (1:39)
Leipzig Institute: Relations Between Objects in Space (3:23)
Leipzig Institute: Social Skills (2:10)
Leipzig Institute: Human Learning (3:50)
Leipzig Institute: Orangutan Learning (1:59)
Yerkes National Primate Research Center: Chimpanzee Learning (3:56)
Chimps: Cooperation & Competition (2:13)
Humans: Cooperation & Competition (2:08)
Language & the Human Spark (2:31)
Canine/Human Communication (2:15)
The Big Puzzle (2:25)
Previews, Sponsors & Credits: The Human Spark, with Alan Alda - Part 2, So Human, So Chimp (2:16)
Introduction: The Human Spark, with Alan Alda - Part 2, So Human, So Chimp (0:45)
Sponsors: The Human Spark, with Alan Alda - Part 2, So Human, So Chimp (0:44)
Meet Noah and Russell (1:04)
Hondo North Carolina Zoo Chimp (2:35)
Chimpanzee Politics - Garnering Favors (3:09)
Experiment: Chimp Learning (4:06)
Experiment: Human Learning (2:41)
Abstract Thought (3:24)
Chimp Consciousness (2:26)
Working Notion of Other Minds (3:24)
Social Scheming & Politics (1:39)
Leipzig Institute: Relations Between Objects in Space (3:23)
Leipzig Institute: Social Skills (2:10)
Leipzig Institute: Human Learning (3:50)
Leipzig Institute: Orangutan Learning (1:59)
Yerkes National Primate Research Center: Chimpanzee Learning (3:56)
Chimps: Cooperation & Competition (2:13)
Humans: Cooperation & Competition (2:08)
Language & the Human Spark (2:31)
Canine/Human Communication (2:15)
The Big Puzzle (2:25)
Previews, Sponsors & Credits: The Human Spark, with Alan Alda - Part 2, So Human, So Chimp (2:16)

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