Prime time primates [videorecording] / written, produced and directed by Jill Singer, Graham Chedd

Additional Titles: Primetime primates
Published: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2000]
Copyright Date: ©1995
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Additional Creators: Singer, Jill, Chedd, Graham, Alda, Alan, 1936-, Berenson, David H., Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948-, PBS Home Video, Connecticut Public Television, and Chedd-Angier Production Company

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Language Note

Closed-captioned.

Summary

Alan Alda takes the viewer from a Rhesus monkey preserve on a Puerto Rican Island to the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta to the Duke University lemur sanctuary to demonstrate behavioral links between all species of primates, including humans. Primate researchers such as Frans de Waal are interviewed, and species such as lemurs, chimpanzees, and humans are shown demonstrating various qualities such as learning skills, aggression, and sharing.

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Related Titles

Scientific American
Scientific American frontiers (Television program)

Note

Presented by Connecticut Public Television. Produced in association with Scientific American magazine. Copyright held by Chedd-Angier Production Co.
Videocassette version of a segment in the public television series, Scientific American frontiers.

Creation/Production Credits Note

Executive producers, John Angier, Graham Chedd ; photography, Peter Hoving ; editors, Jill Singer, David Berenson ; music, Randy Roos.

Participant/Performer Note

Host, Alan Alda ; with Frans de Waal and others.

Technical Details

VHS format.

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