Next on NOVA: "Ape Genius"

http://www.pbs.org/nova/apegenius

Tuesday, February 19 at 8 p.m.

Broadcast in High Definition where available. Check your local
listings as dates and times may vary.

At a research site in Fongoli, Senegal, a female chimpanzee breaks
off a branch, chews the end to make it sharp, then uses this
rudimentary spear to skewer a tasty bushbaby hiding inside a hollow
tree. The footage represents an astonishing breakthrough for primate
researchers: It's the first time anyone has documented a chimpanzee
wielding a carefully prepared, preplanned weapon.

But it's only the latest in a slew of extraordinary new findings
about ape behavior. The more researchers learn about the great
apes -- chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans -- the more
evidence they find of creative intelligence. What, then, is the
essential difference between us and them? "Ape Genius," a
NOVA-National Geographic special, explores that provocative question
and examines research that is illuminating the ape mind.

Here's what you'll find online:

Watch the Program

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/apegenius/program.html

"Ape Genius" will be available to view online starting
February 20.

What Makes Us Human?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/apegenius/human.html

Recent brain imaging research is offering new insights.

The Ape That Teaches

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/apegenius/saxe.html

Why is our ability to teach so critical and so complicated?
MIT's Rebecca Saxe explains.

Kanzi the Bonobo

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/apegenius/kanzi.html

In this audio slide show, researcher Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
describes one extraordinarily linguistic ape.

Our Family Tree

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/apegenius/primate.html

See (and hear) where you stand among the great apes in this
audiovisual interactive.

Also, a video preview, Links & Books, the Teacher's Guide, video
extras, and more:

http://www.pbs.org/nova/apegenius