{"id":286,"date":"2009-09-18T07:35:59","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T11:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/?p=286"},"modified":"2009-09-17T10:40:43","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T14:40:43","slug":"in-the-news-what-does-ape-behavior-say-about-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/topics\/primates\/in-the-news-what-does-ape-behavior-say-about-us\/286\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: What Does Ape Behavior Say About Us?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"captionRight\">\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/files\/2009\/09\/224_newswatch_apes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-287\" title=\"224_newswatch_apes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/files\/2009\/09\/224_newswatch_apes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lightmatter_orangutan2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Logan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the ways <em>The Human Spark<\/em> investigates what makes us uniquely human is by looking at our closest living relatives, the other great apes. Scientists are attacking the question of how we became human from a number of new directions \u2013 in addition to analyzing the more traditional hard evidence of ancient fossils. This article in <em>New Scientist<\/em> magazine explains several ways researchers are gathering data from primate groups alive today to gain insights into early hominid evolution. Tune in to <em>The Human Spark<\/em>\u2019s second episode to learn more. What do you think these kinds of inferences can add to our understanding of where we came from and how we became who we are?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>New Scientist<\/em>: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20227051.400-ape-behaviour-reveals-secrets-of-human-evolution.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ape behavior reveals secrets of human evolution<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Aaron Logan One of the ways The Human Spark investigates what makes us uniquely human is by looking at our closest living relatives, the other great apes. 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