Homo-Thespian

Studio 360 | Jul 28, 2016

The play "Hominid," by Ken Weitzman, reenacts a violent incident that took place in a chimpanzee colony. Primate expert Frans de Waal and the play's actors describe what it took to stage a chimpanzee drama with a very human story.

(Originally aired November 20, 2009)

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