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1. The Language Spark: Lesson Activities
   Posted: July 5th, 2010 | 4 comments
2. The Language Spark: Lesson Overview
   Posted: July 5th, 2010 | 2 comments
3. Being Human: Lesson Overview
   Posted: July 5th, 2010 | Comments Off
4. Journey into the Brain: Lesson Overview
   Posted: July 4th, 2010 | Comments Off
5. Journey into the Brain: Lesson Activities
   Posted: July 4th, 2010 | 1 comment
6. Social Skills: Lesson Activities
   Posted: July 3rd, 2010 | Comments Off
7. Social Skills: Lesson Overview
   Posted: July 3rd, 2010 | Comments Off
8. Sticks and Stones: Prehistory Technology: Lesson Overview
   Posted: July 1st, 2010 | 4 comments
9. Sticks and Stones: Prehistory Technology: Lesson Activities
   Posted: July 1st, 2010 | Comments Off
10. Life As We Know It: Lesson Overview
    Posted: June 22nd, 2010 | Comments Off
11. Life As We Know It: Lesson Activities
    Posted: June 22nd, 2010 | Comments Off
12. Modern Family: Lesson Activities
    Posted: June 20th, 2010 | Comments Off
13. Modern Family: Lesson Overview
    Posted: June 20th, 2010 | 5 comments
14. The Developing Child: Lesson Overview
    Posted: June 18th, 2010 | 1 comment
15. The Developing Child: Lesson Activities
    Posted: June 18th, 2010 | Comments Off
16. Freak-Genomics: Lesson Overview
    Posted: June 14th, 2010 | Comments Off
17. Freak-Genomics: Lesson Activities
    Posted: June 14th, 2010 | 1 comment
18. Experimenting with Experiments: Lesson Overview
    Posted: June 12th, 2010 | 3 comments
19. Intro to Evolution: How Did We Get Here: Lesson Activities
    Posted: May 11th, 2010 | Comments Off
20. Intro to Evolution: How Did We Get Here: Lesson Overview
    Posted: May 11th, 2010 | 1 comment
21. Digging for the Truth: Lesson Overview
    Posted: May 9th, 2010 | 2 comments
22. Digging for the Truth: Lesson Activities
    Posted: May 9th, 2010 | Comments Off
23. Experimenting with Experiments: Lesson Activities
    Posted: May 9th, 2010 | Comments Off
24. Being Human: Video Segments
    Posted: May 9th, 2010 | Comments Off
25. The Language Spark: Video Segments
    Posted: May 9th, 2010 | Comments Off
26. Freak-Genomics: Video Segments
    Posted: May 8th, 2010 | 1 comment
27. The Developing Child: Video Segments
    Posted: May 8th, 2010 | Comments Off
28. Video Segments
    Posted: May 8th, 2010 | Comments Off
29. Sticks and Stones: Prehistory Technology: Video Segments
    Posted: May 8th, 2010 | Comments Off
30. Digging for the Truth: Video Segments
    Posted: May 8th, 2010 | Comments Off
31. Life As We Know It: Video Segments
    Posted: May 8th, 2010 | Comments Off
32. Experimenting with Experiments: Video Segments
    Posted: May 8th, 2010 | 1 comment
33. Intro to Evolution: How Did We Get Here: Video Segments
    Posted: May 8th, 2010 | Comments Off
34. Journey into the Brain: Video Segments
    Posted: May 8th, 2010 | Comments Off
35. Social Skills: Video Segments
    Posted: May 8th, 2010 | Comments Off
36. Being Human: Lesson Activities
    Posted: April 26th, 2010 | 2 comments
37. Program Three: Brain Matters: Video: Full Episode
    Posted: January 19th, 2010 | 23 comments
38. Video Excerpt: Social Networks and the Spark
    Posted: January 17th, 2010 | 6 comments
39. Video Excerpt: Kermit Loves a Bucket
    Posted: January 16th, 2010 | Comments Off
40. Hollywood Chimps – The Debate
    Posted: January 13th, 2010 | 19 comments
41. Program Two: So Human, So Chimp: Video: Full Episode
    Posted: January 12th, 2010 | 45 comments
42. Web-Exclusive Video: Mirror Neurons
    Posted: January 12th, 2010 | 13 comments
43. Web-Exclusive Video: The South African Spark
    Posted: January 11th, 2010 | 3 comments
44. Web-Exclusive Video: Belgian Neanderthals
    Posted: January 8th, 2010 | Comments Off
45. Program One: Becoming Us: Video: Full Episode
    Posted: January 7th, 2010 | 34 comments
46. Web-Exclusive Video: First Neanderthal Find, Before Its Time
    Posted: January 7th, 2010 | 1 comment
47. Interactive: Highlights from the Human Spark
    Posted: January 6th, 2010 | 11 comments
48. Expert Blogger: Secrets of Abri Castanet by Randall White
    Posted: January 5th, 2010 | 7 comments
49. Expert Blogger: Spears, Arrows, and Poisons! by Veronica Waweru
    Posted: January 5th, 2010 | 16 comments
50. Web-Exclusive Video: Managing Archaeological Finds
    Posted: January 4th, 2010 | 3 comments
51. Program Two: So Human, So Chimp: Video Excerpt: Monkey Business
    Posted: January 3rd, 2010 | 11 comments
52. Program Two: So Human, So Chimp: Video Excerpt: Chimps vs. Children
    Posted: December 30th, 2009 | 2 comments
53. Web-Exclusive Video: You + Me = We
    Posted: December 30th, 2009 | 4 comments
54. Web-Exclusive Video: Neanderthal Burial?
    Posted: December 29th, 2009 | 4 comments
55. Program One: Becoming Us: Video Excerpt: Wearing Grandma’s Teeth
    Posted: December 28th, 2009 | 2 comments
56. Web-Exclusive Video: Human Spark = Spite?
    Posted: December 28th, 2009 | 1 comment
57. Program One: Becoming Us: Video Excerpt: Stone-Age Throwing Spears
    Posted: December 24th, 2009 | 5 comments
58. Web-Exclusive Video: Less Spark, More Smolder?
    Posted: December 23rd, 2009 | 1 comment
59. Web-Exclusive Video: The Human Spark and Man’s Best Friend
    Posted: December 22nd, 2009 | 3 comments
60. Spark Blog: Behind the Scenes at the Museum of Natural History
    Posted: December 21st, 2009 | 2 comments
61. Web-Exclusive Video: A Conversation with Alan Alda and the Producers
    Posted: December 19th, 2009 | 4 comments
62. Web-Exclusive Video: How to Groom Relationships
    Posted: December 18th, 2009 | 1 comment
63. Web-Exclusive Video: Running = Big Brains?
    Posted: December 17th, 2009 | Comments Off
64. Web-Exclusive Video: Social Mimicry and Positive Feelings
    Posted: December 16th, 2009 | 2 comments
65. Spark Blog: Filming on an Island of Monkeys
    Posted: December 15th, 2009 | 1 comment
66. Web-Exclusive Video: Monkeys and Magic Fruit
    Posted: December 14th, 2009 | 5 comments
67. In the News: Monkey Brains Process Drumming Like Vocalizations
    Posted: December 11th, 2009 | 1 comment
68. Expert Blogger: A Spark or an Ember? by John Shea
    Posted: December 10th, 2009 | 8 comments
69. Spark Blog: Interview – John Shea, Paleoanthropologist
    Posted: December 9th, 2009 | Comments Off
70. In the News: For Chimps, Ask and Ye Shall Receive
    Posted: December 3rd, 2009 | 1 comment
71. Spark Blog: Video – Making Stone Tools Is Sooo Millions of Years Ago
    Posted: November 20th, 2009 | 3 comments
72. In the News: 2009 Kistler Prize to Dr. Svante Pääbo
    Posted: November 10th, 2009 | 2 comments
73. Spark Blog: Working (and Playing) with Primitive Technology
    Posted: October 6th, 2009 | 1 comment
74. In the News: What Does Ape Behavior Say About Us?
    Posted: September 18th, 2009 | 6 comments
75. Web-Exclusive Video: Chimp Emotions
    Posted: September 16th, 2009 | Comments Off
76. Spark Blog: Alan Alda’s “King Kong” Encounter
    Posted: September 4th, 2009 | 6 comments
77. Spark Blog: Chimpanzee Culture?
    Posted: August 26th, 2009 | 2 comments
78. In the News: Video – Pyroengineering
    Posted: August 20th, 2009 | 2 comments
79. In the News: Oldest Musical Instruments
    Posted: August 18th, 2009 | 1 comment
80. Spark Blog: Twitter Trivia
    Posted: August 11th, 2009 | Comments Off
81. Spark Blog: Behind the Scenes and Inside the Skulls
    Posted: August 7th, 2009 | 4 comments
82. Spark Blog: Squirrels Bury Nuts, But Are They Planning Ahead?
    Posted: July 1st, 2009 | 7 comments
83. Your Sparks: June 26, 2009
    Posted: June 26th, 2009 | 16 comments
84. In the News: Test Your Brain
    Posted: June 12th, 2009 | 1 comment
85. Spark Blog: Video: Filming on a Freezing Footbridge
    Posted: June 10th, 2009 | Comments Off
86. Spark Blog: Share Your Spark!
    Posted: June 8th, 2009 | 11 comments
87. In the News: A Fossil Called “Ida”
    Posted: May 27th, 2009 | Comments Off
88. Spark Blog: Video: Humaniqueness
    Posted: May 22nd, 2009 | Comments Off
89. Spark Blog: Video: Ancient Dental Cleaning
    Posted: May 20th, 2009 | 6 comments
90. Spark Blog: Larry Engel: Running Better in “Non-sneakers”
    Posted: May 6th, 2009 | 3 comments
91. In the News: Evolution and Color Vision
    Posted: April 13th, 2009 | Comments Off
92. Spark Blog: Video – Dr. Steven Pinker: Language Makes Us Human
    Posted: April 9th, 2009 | 5 comments
93. In the News: Primate Planning
    Posted: April 7th, 2009 | 1 comment
94. Spark Blog: Rewriting the History of the Modern Human Mind
    Posted: March 17th, 2009 | 3 comments
95. Spark Blog: The Science Behind Why Chimps Are Not Pets
    Posted: March 6th, 2009 | 3 comments
96. In the News: Ancient Footprints
    Posted: March 5th, 2009 | Comments Off
97. In the News: Nobel Conference – Who Were the First Humans?
    Posted: February 24th, 2009 | 2 comments
98. Spark Blog: Video: North Carolina Through the Looking Glass
    Posted: January 16th, 2009 | 1 comment
99. In the News: Counting Without Numbers
    Posted: December 23rd, 2008 | 1 comment
100. Spark Blog: Alan Alda Meets the Chimps
     Posted: December 19th, 2008 | 2 comments
101. In The News: The End of Evolution?
     Posted: December 12th, 2008 | 6 comments
102. Spark Blog: Video: Scientist Tanya Chartrand on Filming with Alan Alda
     Posted: December 10th, 2008 | 1 comment
103. National Outreach Initiative
     Posted: December 7th, 2008 | Comments Off
104. In The News: Bonobos Are Not Hippie Chimps
     Posted: December 2nd, 2008 | 3 comments
105. Spark Blog: Mimicking Alan’s Body Language
     Posted: November 24th, 2008 | Comments Off
106. In the News: On Religion and Evolution
     Posted: November 20th, 2008 | 6 comments
107. Spark Blog: Photos: More from the Campfire Shoot
     Posted: October 30th, 2008 | Comments Off
108. Spark Blog: Video: Making of a Fireside Chat Scene
     Posted: October 21st, 2008 | 1 comment
109. Spark Blog: Video Interview: Scott Watrous, MRI Technologist
     Posted: October 14th, 2008 | 1 comment
110. In the News: What Ancient Cave Art Says About Us
     Posted: October 10th, 2008 | Comments Off
111. Spark Blog: Photos: Behind the Scenes at the Brain Development Lab
     Posted: September 22nd, 2008 | 2 comments
112. In the News: Number Approximation: Go with Your Gut!
     Posted: September 18th, 2008 | Comments Off
113. Spark Blog: How Does Your Brain React to Gibberish?
     Posted: September 10th, 2008 | 8 comments
114. In the News: European Magpie: No Bird Brain
     Posted: September 9th, 2008 | 4 comments
115. In the News: Did Early Europeans Interbreed with Neanderthals?
     Posted: September 5th, 2008 | Comments Off
116. Spark Blog: Inside Alan Alda’s Brain
     Posted: August 27th, 2008 | 10 comments
117. In the News: Why Your Voice Is Quieter Than an Orangutan’s
     Posted: August 25th, 2008 | Comments Off
118. Spark Blog: Video: Why I Volunteer to Have My Brain Scanned
     Posted: August 19th, 2008 | 3 comments
119. In the News: Rethinking the Boundaries of “Human Rights”
     Posted: August 16th, 2008 | Comments Off
120. In the News: Why We Attribute Human Qualities to Machines
     Posted: August 13th, 2008 | 1 comment
121. Spark Blog: Shooting MRI Scenes — It’s Magnetic!
     Posted: August 12th, 2008 | 1 comment
122. Can Apes Really Talk?
     Posted: August 6th, 2008 | Comments Off
123. In the News: Preserving Stone Age Cave Art
     Posted: August 3rd, 2008 | Comments Off
124. Spark Blog: Initial Thoughts on Filming with Alan Alda
     Posted: August 1st, 2008 | 1 comment
125. Video: Introduction to the Series
     Posted: July 11th, 2008 | 10 comments
126. In the News: Electrical Stimulation May Improve Learning
     Posted: July 8th, 2008 | 1 comment
127. Spark Blog: The Big Red Button
     Posted: July 7th, 2008 | Comments Off
128. In the News: Monkeys That Can Count
     Posted: July 5th, 2008 | Comments Off
129. Spark Blog: Our First Shoot
     Posted: July 4th, 2008 | Comments Off
130. Series Description
     Posted: June 1st, 2008 | 36 comments
131. Bio: Alan Alda
     Posted: June 1st, 2008 | 7 comments
132. Program Three: Brain Matters: Description
     Posted: June 1st, 2008 | 27 comments
133. Program Two: So Human, So Chimp: Description
     Posted: June 1st, 2008 | 19 comments
134. Program One: Becoming Us: Description
     Posted: June 1st, 2008 | 41 comments
135. Feedback
     Posted: May 25th, 2008 | Comments Off
136. FAQs
     Posted: March 25th, 2008 | Comments Off