Assignment
Focused on the discipline of primatology. Your text situated this discussion within the broader discourse of anthropology.
In this video, we continue this conversation. The great apes-which include chimps, orang-utans, gorillas, and bonobos-seem to have rich emotional lives similar to our own. But just how smart are these animals?
Keep the following questions in mind while watching the video. Answer each question as fully as you can; answer freely, this is your opportunity to explore the class material; you are not graded on specific content, merely on addressing the question.
1. All apes are clearly intelligent, but do non-human apes have culture?
2. What can study of our nearest non-human ancestors tell us about ourselves?
3. What does a chimpanzee tool kit look like?
4. What conceptual steps need to be taken to create even a simple tool?
5. Can we learn other things about ourselves? Social organization, language, emotion, etc.?
6. We are similar in many ways to other apes, but we are also different, what (if anything) demonstrated/discussed in the video did you find surprising?
Watch the youtube video: "Ape Genius".