Amanda Henry showed us how she very gently scrapes dental plaque from the Skhul 5 skull’s molars to find out what our ancestors may have eaten.
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May 20th, 2009
Spark Blog: Video: Ancient Dental Cleaning
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May 6th, 2009
Spark Blog: Larry Engel: Running Better in “Non-sneakers”
Harvard's Dan Lieberman argues that we humans evolved to become the best long-distance runners on earth -- and we did it barefoot!
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April 9th, 2009
Spark Blog: Video – Dr. Steven Pinker: Language Makes Us Human
Language is central to Steven Pinker's conception of what makes us human.
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March 17th, 2009
Spark Blog: Rewriting the History of the Modern Human Mind
Just ten years ago, the prevailing view was that the modern human mind suddenly gelled in Europe some 35,000 years ago. Alison Brooks and her colleague Sally McBrearty have challenged that notion.
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March 6th, 2009
Spark Blog: The Science Behind Why Chimps Are Not Pets
Researcher Brian Hare is an advocate for eliminating the chimpanzee pet trade. In the wake of the chimp attack, Brian explains the science behind his stance.
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January 16th, 2009
Spark Blog: Video: North Carolina Through the Looking Glass
Larry Engel discusses the challenges and joys of filming Alan with the chimps at the North Carolina Zoo.
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December 19th, 2008
Spark Blog: Alan Alda Meets the Chimps
We went to the North Carolina Zoo to meet the chimpanzees -- and evolutionary anthropologist Brian Hare. Here's what happened...
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December 10th, 2008
Spark Blog: Video: Scientist Tanya Chartrand on Filming with Alan Alda
Watch Tanya Chartrand describe what it was like for her as a scientist to be involved in a television shoot for "The Human Spark."
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November 24th, 2008
Spark Blog: Mimicking Alan’s Body Language
We’ve just finished shooting at Duke University a series of experiments with Tanya Chartrand on how humans unconsciously mimic each other, and how this makes us more social.
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October 30th, 2008
Spark Blog: Photos: More from the Campfire Shoot
Here are some additional behind-the-scenes photos of the "Human Spark" nighttime campfire shoot with archaeologist Curtis Marean.
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