The Uniqueness of Humans

Frank III Augustine Manuel

April 2, 2010

Robert Sapolsky, renowned neurobiologist, explains how we are not as unique in the animal kingdom as we like to think.

Begin at the 4:50 mark; it’s a long intro, but a very enlightening lecture.

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Caяl April 3, 2010 At 9:03 pm

One of the primate studies that Robert Sapolsky mentioned was De Waal's chimps and the innocent bystander

Frans de Waal, Chimpanzee politics: power and sex among apes
http://books.google.com/books?id=XsrhU2vV5PIC

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