Matthew Sweet discusses the ways we can think about our close association with primates
In a series broadcast from ZSL London Zoo, Matthew Sweet discusses the ways we can think about our close association with primates: biologically, conceptually and culturally.
In the last of Matthew Sweet's visits to ZSL London Zoo we consider our relations with our closest animal relatives - apes.
Daniel Simmonds, Keeper at ZSL London Zoo's Gorilla Kingdom, discusses the problems that come with looking after creatures so similar to but different from us. Unlike most other animals gorillas will integrate their keepers into their social structures. But how do you manage such a relationship with a social creature that can't understand what you say? Is any kind of mutual understanding possible at all?
Matthew picks up the theme with anatomist and anthropologist Alice Roberts, physician and philosopher Raymond Tallis and novelist James Lever. All three have dealt with the questions thrown up by human/primate relations in different ways. So what happens when you stare into the eyes of an ape?
Producer: Luke Mulhall.
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Alice Roberts
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Dr Alice Roberts at the Centre for Comparative and Clinical Anatomy, University of Bristol.
Daniel Simmonds
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Daniel Simmonds, head keeperΜύat London Zoo's Gorilla Kingdom.
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Image Credit: ZSL London Loo
Raymond Tallis
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A Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri) photographed at London Zoo.
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Image Credit: ZSL London Zoo
Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Matthew Sweet Interviewed Guest Raymond Tallis Interviewed Guest Alice Roberts Interviewed Guest James Lever Interviewed Guest Daniel Simmonds Broadcast
- Thu 10 Oct 2013 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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