How similar are we to our closest living relatives? Closer than you might think - and the latest research is revealing just how much we share with chimpanzees and monkeys.
In this episode of Life Solved, we speak to two experts from the University of Portsmouth's Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, who are passionate about the deep evolutionary roots of human intelligence.
Dr Esther Herrmann and Dr Marine Joly explain how studying our closest evolutionary cousins helps us understand what makes us human, why complex social groups drive cognitive evolution, and what our responsibility is to protect these remarkable, intelligent creatures.
Production team:
Robyn Austin-Montague
Lauren Harrison
Jaelithe Swan
Music:
Music bed by Korolkov Production
Wildlife sounds captured by Dr Jerome Micheletta
Learn more links:
Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology | University of Portsmouth
Dr Esther Herrmann's chimpanzee rationality study
Dr Marine Joly's macaque impulse control research