Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Singer, Jill.
2. Chedd, Graham.
3. Alda, Alan, 1936-
4. Berenson, David H.
5. Waal, F. B. M. de (Frans B. M.), 1948-
6. PBS Home Video.
7. Connecticut Public Television.
8. Chedd-Angier Production Company.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Alan Alda takes the viewer from a Rhesus monkey preserve on a Puerto Rican Island to the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta to the Duke University lemur sanctuary to demonstrate behavioral links between all species of primates, including humans. Primate researchers such as Frans de Waal are interviewed, and species such as lemurs, chimpanzees, and humans are shown demonstrating various qualities such as learning skills, aggression, and sharing.

Uniform title

1. Scientific American.
2. Scientific American frontiers (Television program)

Alternative title

1. Primetime primates

Subject

1. Films for the hearing impaired
2. Primates > Behavior
3. Evolution (Biology)
4. Primates > Evolution
5. Monkeys > Behavior

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. Presented by Connecticut Public Television. Produced in association with Scientific American magazine. Copyright held by Chedd-Angier Production Co.
2. Videocassette version of a segment in the public television series, Scientific American frontiers.

Credits (note)

1. Executive producers, John Angier, Graham Chedd ; photography, Peter Hoving ; editors, Jill Singer, David Berenson ; music, Randy Roos.

System details (note)

1. VHS format.

Language (note)

1. Closed-captioned.