Check out this video to learn more about Lisa Parr's studies on chimp emotions and what these studies can tell us about the human spark.
All Posts Tagged With: "Alan Alda"
September 16th, 2009
Web-Exclusive Video: Chimp Emotions
September 4th, 2009
Spark Blog: Alan Alda’s “King Kong” Encounter
Alan enters the lab at Yerkes hoping to learn about chimpanzees and facial recognition. But instead, the chimps show Alan and the crew who's boss.
August 26th, 2009
Spark Blog: Chimpanzee Culture?
Psychologist Vicky Horner discusses research into chimpanzee cultural transmission. Do chimps have "culture" like humans?
August 7th, 2009
Spark Blog: Behind the Scenes and Inside the Skulls
We took a look inside Alan's brain using an MRI machine. Apparently he has quite a plump hippocampus.
June 10th, 2009
Spark Blog: Video: Filming on a Freezing Footbridge
Producer Graham Chedd thought a chat en plein air would add some visual variation from the two-guys-sitting-on-a-couch-type shot that's always easy to get in a professor’s office.
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.
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...
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.
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.
October 21st, 2008
Spark Blog: Video: Making of a Fireside Chat Scene
In Arizona, Alan and archeologist Curtis Marean had a fireside chat about how modern humans replaced the Neanderthals. Check out this video to see how the scene was made.






