Going Ape

Last updated

Going Ape is a three-part American documentary series on the National Geographic Channel [1] [2] [3] that premiered on 13 May 2013 [4] . It explores similarities between the behaviour of chimpanzees and humans through interviews with experts and social experiments [5] [6] [7] .

Contents

Episodes

Episode 1: The Alpha Male. This episode explores the different ways in which primates establish dominance using body size, control of space and voice. It features primatologist Charlotte Uhlenbrooke [8] and actor Peter Elliott.

Episode 2: Social Climbers. This episode is dedicated to the ways in which primates and humans seek recognition and acceptance in their social groups [9] . Again, it includes an interview with primatologist Charlotte Uhlenbrooke.

Episode 3: Hooking Up. This episode looks at the human dating world and compares it with primates' courtship and mating rituals [10] [11] . It includes the testimony of evolutionary psychologist Dr. Miriam Law Smith.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frans de Waal</span> Dutch primatologist and ethologist (1948–2024)

Franciscus Bernardus Maria de Waal was a Dutch-American primatologist and ethologist. He was the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Primate Behavior in the Department of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory, and author of numerous books including Chimpanzee Politics (1982) and Our Inner Ape (2005). His research centered on primate social behavior, including conflict resolution, cooperation, inequity aversion, and food-sharing. He was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Instapundit</span>

Instapundit is a conservative blog maintained by Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whole Wheat Radio</span> Community radio station in Alaska, U.S.

Whole Wheat Radio was a not-for-profit, listener-driven online community radio station from Talkeetna, Alaska. It was centered around independent music, and aired 24 hours a day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Donna Fiducia</span> American media personality

Donna Fiducia is an American media personality who worked in New York television and radio for 26 years, most recently as an anchor at The Fox News Channel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BrickFest</span> LEGO building block convention in the United States

BrickFest was the first convention for adult fans of LEGO (AFOLs) in the United States. The focus was to have fans bring their creations, often referred to as MOCs, to display and share with fellow enthusiasts.

The National Film Award for Best Direction is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Since 1967, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the DFF to a director for their work within Indian cinema. It is presented by the president of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi.

<i>Americas Next Top Model</i> season 6 Season of television series

The sixth cycle of America's Next Top Model, premiered on March 8, 2006, which would be the last cycle to air on UPN before merging with The WB to create The CW. The catchphrase for this cycle was "Fairy Tales Come True." This cycle was filmed from October through November 2005.

<i>Americas Next Top Model</i> season 7 Season of television series

The seventh cycle of America's Next Top Model started airing on September 20, 2006 as the first to be aired on The CW network. The season's catch-phrase is "The Competition Won't Be Pretty." The season's promotional theme song is "Hot Stuff " by Pussycat Dolls.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay</span>

Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay is a state-owned commercial bank in Uruguay, founded in 1896 under the presidency of Juan Idiarte Borda.

Events from the year 1880 in France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Libav</span> Multimedia framework

Libav is an abandoned free software project, forked from FFmpeg in 2011, that contains libraries and programs for handling multimedia data.

Cerebral Palsy Football, also called 7-a-side football or formerly Paralympic Football, is an adaptation of association football for athletes with cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders, including stroke and traumatic brain injury. From 1978 to 2014, cerebral palsy football was governed by the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA). In January 2015, governance of the sport was taken over by the International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football, under the umbrella of Para Football.

References

  1. ↑ "Going Ape | National Geographic Channel". web.archive.org. 2013-06-06. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2024-04-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ Going Ape (Documentary), Jonathan Kang, Rachel Hogan, Babila Tafon, Blink Entertainment, retrieved 2024-04-14{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ↑ Shattuck, Kathryn (13 May 2013). "What's on Monday". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ Desk, TV News. "Nat Geo Premieres New Series GOING APE Tonight". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  5. ↑ "Going Ape". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  6. ↑ Register, Michael Hewitt | Orange County (2013-05-13). "Watch this, skip that". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  7. ↑ "This Week's TV: A Game of Thrones Wedding and Doctor Who's Big Secret". Gizmodo. 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  8. ↑ "Breaking News - National Geographic Channel's New Three-Part Series, "Going Ape," Compares Humans and Apes Side-By-Side in Sex, Fame, Power Struggles and More | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  9. ↑ "Norm Conform | National Geographic Channel". web.archive.org. 2013-06-10. Archived from the original on 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2024-04-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ↑ "Sex and Attraction: What Do Apes and Humans Have in Common? – Nat Geo TV Blogs". web.archive.org. 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  11. ↑ "Fertile Myrtle | National Geographic Channel". web.archive.org. 2013-06-10. Archived from the original on 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2024-04-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Going Ape at IMDb

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.