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  1. Spark Blog: Video – Making Stone Tools Is Sooo Millions of Years Ago
    Posted: November 20th, 2009 | 0 comments | 3 Views
  2. In the News: 2009 Kistler Prize to Dr. Svante Pääbo
    Posted: November 10th, 2009 | 1 comment | 38 Views
  3. Spark Blog: Working (and Playing) with Primitive Technology
    Posted: October 6th, 2009 | 0 comments | 166 Views
  4. In the News: What Does Ape Behavior Say About Us?
    Posted: September 18th, 2009 | 5 comments | 331 Views
  5. Web-Exclusive Video: Chimp Emotions
    Posted: September 16th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,213 Views
  6. Spark Blog: Alan Alda’s “King Kong” Encounter
    Posted: September 4th, 2009 | 3 comments | 2,022 Views
  7. Spark Blog: Chimpanzee Culture?
    Posted: August 26th, 2009 | 1 comment | 551 Views
  8. In the News: Video – Pyroengineering
    Posted: August 20th, 2009 | 0 comments | 699 Views
  9. In the News: Oldest Musical Instruments
    Posted: August 18th, 2009 | 0 comments | 490 Views
  10. Spark Blog: Twitter Trivia
    Posted: August 11th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,293 Views
  11. Spark Blog: Behind the Scenes and Inside the Skulls
    Posted: August 7th, 2009 | 3 comments | 1,581 Views
  12. Spark Blog: Squirrels Bury Nuts, But Are They Planning Ahead?
    Posted: July 1st, 2009 | 2 comments | 968 Views
  13. Your Sparks: June 26, 2009
    Posted: June 26th, 2009 | 4 comments | 1,007 Views
  14. In the News: Test Your Brain
    Posted: June 12th, 2009 | 0 comments | 875 Views
  15. Spark Blog: Video: Filming on a Freezing Footbridge
    Posted: June 10th, 2009 | 0 comments | 838 Views
  16. Spark Blog: Share Your Spark!
    Posted: June 8th, 2009 | 10 comments | 3,494 Views
  17. In the News: A Fossil Called “Ida”
    Posted: May 27th, 2009 | 0 comments | 741 Views
  18. Spark Blog: Video: Humaniqueness
    Posted: May 22nd, 2009 | 0 comments | 924 Views
  19. Spark Blog: Video: Ancient Dental Cleaning
    Posted: May 20th, 2009 | 3 comments | 2,271 Views
  20. Spark Blog: Larry Engel: Running Better in “Non-sneakers”
    Posted: May 6th, 2009 | 2 comments | 1,331 Views
  21. In the News: Evolution and Color Vision
    Posted: April 13th, 2009 | 0 comments | 974 Views
  22. Spark Blog: Video – Dr. Steven Pinker: Language Makes Us Human
    Posted: April 9th, 2009 | 1 comment | 1,195 Views
  23. In the News: Primate Planning
    Posted: April 7th, 2009 | 1 comment | 934 Views
  24. Spark Blog: Rewriting the History of the Modern Human Mind
    Posted: March 17th, 2009 | 0 comments | 1,226 Views
  25. Spark Blog: The Science Behind Why Chimps Are Not Pets
    Posted: March 6th, 2009 | 1 comment | 3,132 Views
  26. In the News: Ancient Footprints
    Posted: March 5th, 2009 | 0 comments | 901 Views
  27. In the News: Nobel Conference – Who Were the First Humans?
    Posted: February 24th, 2009 | 1 comment | 1,569 Views
  28. Spark Blog: Video: North Carolina Through the Looking Glass
    Posted: January 16th, 2009 | 1 comment | 1,349 Views
  29. In the News: Counting Without Numbers
    Posted: December 23rd, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,556 Views
  30. Spark Blog: Alan Alda Meets the Chimps
    Posted: December 19th, 2008 | 3 comments | 2,450 Views
  31. In The News: The End of Evolution?
    Posted: December 12th, 2008 | 6 comments | 2,455 Views
  32. Spark Blog: Video: Scientist Tanya Chartrand on Filming with Alan Alda
    Posted: December 10th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,580 Views
  33. In The News: Bonobos Are Not Hippie Chimps
    Posted: December 2nd, 2008 | 1 comment | 1,491 Views
  34. Spark Blog: Mimicking Alan’s Body Language
    Posted: November 24th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,995 Views
  35. In the News: On Religion and Evolution
    Posted: November 20th, 2008 | 6 comments | 2,028 Views
  36. Spark Blog: Photos: More from the Campfire Shoot
    Posted: October 30th, 2008 | 0 comments | 2,822 Views
  37. Spark Blog: Video: Making of a Fireside Chat Scene
    Posted: October 21st, 2008 | 0 comments | 2,413 Views
  38. Spark Blog: Video Interview: Scott Watrous, MRI Technologist
    Posted: October 14th, 2008 | 1 comment | 2,543 Views
  39. In the News: What Ancient Cave Art Says About Us
    Posted: October 10th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,193 Views
  40. Spark Blog: Photos: Behind the Scenes at the Brain Development Lab
    Posted: September 22nd, 2008 | 0 comments | 2,751 Views
  41. In the News: Number Approximation: Go with Your Gut!
    Posted: September 18th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,939 Views
  42. Spark Blog: How Does Your Brain React to Gibberish?
    Posted: September 10th, 2008 | 4 comments | 2,593 Views
  43. In the News: European Magpie: No Bird Brain
    Posted: September 9th, 2008 | 3 comments | 1,785 Views
  44. In the News: Did Early Europeans Interbreed with Neanderthals?
    Posted: September 5th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,557 Views
  45. Spark Blog: Inside Alan Alda’s Brain
    Posted: August 27th, 2008 | 2 comments | 3,214 Views
  46. In the News: Why Your Voice Is Quieter Than an Orangutan’s
    Posted: August 25th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,437 Views
  47. Spark Blog: Video: Why I Volunteer to Have My Brain Scanned
    Posted: August 19th, 2008 | 3 comments | 2,095 Views
  48. In the News: Rethinking the Boundaries of “Human Rights”
    Posted: August 16th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,301 Views
  49. In the News: Why We Attribute Human Qualities to Machines
    Posted: August 13th, 2008 | 1 comment | 1,523 Views
  50. Spark Blog: Shooting MRI Scenes — It’s Magnetic!
    Posted: August 12th, 2008 | 1 comment | 2,211 Views
  51. Can Apes Really Talk?
    Posted: August 6th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,474 Views
  52. In the News: Preserving Stone Age Cave Art
    Posted: August 3rd, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,275 Views
  53. Spark Blog: Initial Thoughts on Filming with Alan Alda
    Posted: August 1st, 2008 | 1 comment | 2,066 Views
  54. Video: Introduction to the Series
    Posted: July 11th, 2008 | 6 comments | 9,746 Views
  55. In the News: Electrical Stimulation May Improve Learning
    Posted: July 8th, 2008 | 1 comment | 2,468 Views
  56. Spark Blog: The Big Red Button
    Posted: July 7th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,756 Views
  57. In the News: Monkeys That Can Count
    Posted: July 5th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,513 Views
  58. Spark Blog: Our First Shoot
    Posted: July 4th, 2008 | 0 comments | 1,796 Views
  59. Series Description
    Posted: June 1st, 2008 | 13 comments | 7,897 Views
  60. Bio: Alan Alda
    Posted: June 1st, 2008 | 1 comment | 2,914 Views
  61. Program Three: Brain Matters: Description
    Posted: June 1st, 2008 | 2 comments | 5,618 Views
  62. Program Two: So Human, So Chimp: Description
    Posted: June 1st, 2008 | 0 comments | 5,366 Views
  63. Program One: Becoming Us: Description
    Posted: June 1st, 2008 | 7 comments | 7,777 Views
  64. Feedback
    Posted: May 25th, 2008 | Comments Off | 979 Views
  65. FAQs
    Posted: March 25th, 2008 | Comments Off | 1,055 Views
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