Alan Alda vists the rock shelter of Abri Castanet in Southwest France, where he is shocked to learn about some of our ancestors' early behaviors. "And we're descendents of these people?!" In "The Human Spark," Alan Alda visits dozens of scientists on three continents -- and even undergoes an examination of his own brain -- to find the answer to one question: What makes us human?
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The Human Spark | Becoming Us | Wear Grandma's...
Alan Alda vists the rock shelter of Abri Castanet in Southwest France, where he is shocked to learn about some of our... 03:35
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The Human Spark | So Human, So Chimp | Monkey... (#102)
Alan Alda visits Yale University's Laurie Santos at a small Caribbean island where she is studying rhesus monkeys'... 03:34
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The Human Spark | Becoming Us | PBS (#101)
Full Program: Alan Alda explores why our ancestors flourished, while our Neanderthal cousins died out. 54:41
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The Human Spark | Part 2: So Human, So Chimp |... (#102)
Alan Alda joins researchers studying human children and chimpanzees to discover why we share some skills with our... 00:32
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The Human Spark | Becoming Us | Stone-Age...
Alan Alda joins John Shea at Stony Brook University for a lesson on Primitive Technology. Alan makes hand axes like a... 03:01
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The Human Spark | Part 1: Becoming Us | Trailer... (#101)
Series host and narrator, Alan Alda, confronts the puzzle of why our ancestors in Africa got the Spark and evolved... 00:33
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The Human Spark | Running = Big Brains? | PBS
Alan Alda talks to scientist Dan Lieberman about why the human ability to run could be an important prerequisite... 03:56
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The Human Spark | Cooperation | PBS
A brief look at the cooperative and social nature of humans. 00:19
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The Human Spark | To Make A Spear | PBS
Archaeologist John Shea demonstrates the construction of a primitive spear. 04:32
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The Human Spark | A Matter of Size | PBS
A look at the brains of a rat, monkey, chimp and human. 03:03
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The Human Spark | Links in the Evolutionary...
Full Program: An exploration of some of the different characteristics that distinguish the hominid. 04:30
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The Human Spark | Insight and Imagination | PBS
An overview of how insight and imagination distinguish humans from others. 02:15
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The Human Spark | Brain Matters | PBS (#103)
Full Program: Peer into Alan Alda's head as we uncover where our most human abilities reside. 54:12
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The Human Spark | Brain Matters | Social... (#103)
At Oxford University, Alan Alda finds out from Robin Dunbar how human social networks compare to those of chimps,... 02:47
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The Human Spark | So Human, So Chimp | PBS (#102)
Full Program: Alan Alda explores how much humans and chimps have in common, and what sets us apart. 54:42
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The Human Spark | So Human, So Chimp | Chimps... (#102)
Put to work at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, Alan Alda finds out how... 02:27
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The Human Spark | Alan Alda and Man's Best...
Alan Alda visits a dog lab where researchers are investigating communication talents our canine companions have... 05:12
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The Human Spark | Human Language | PBS
A look at the difference between human language and others. 01:35
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The Human Spark | Beyond the Present | PBS
A look at humans' unique ability to reflect upon events. 00:52
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The Human Spark | Human Nature | PBS
A look at the ways in which monkeys and apes are similar to humans. 04:45
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Post Date: January 4, 2010
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