NHK SPECIAL - Jared Diamond's Rise of the Third Chimpanzee

The NHK SPECIAL: JARED DIAMOND'S RISE OF THE THIRD CHIMPANZEE is a series of lectures.

Episodes

  • Why Do We Destroy Nature? / Tackling Inequality: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Why Do We Destroy Nature? / Tackling Inequality

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    Jared Diamond looks deep into history for clues to help us overcome today's major threats
  • Will We Be Visited By Aliens? / Can We Eradicate Genocide?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Will We Be Visited By Aliens? / Can We Eradicate Genocide?

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    Jared Diamond looks to evolution for clues to the big questions of our era.
  • Agriculture's Mixed Blessings/How Agriculture Differentiated: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Agriculture's Mixed Blessings/How Agriculture Differentiated

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    Nothing changed human history more than the birth of agriculture, giving us culture.
  • The Science of Monogamy / Our Mysterious Lifespan: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Science of Monogamy / Our Mysterious Lifespan

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    Why do humans live in monogamous couples?
  • The Animal Origins of Art / How We Choose Our Mates: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Animal Origins of Art / How We Choose Our Mates

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    What makes us human?
  • What Separates Humans from Animals?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    What Separates Humans from Animals?

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    Dr. Diamond looks to evolution for clues and dives into the origins of human language.

About NHK SPECIAL - Jared Diamond's Rise of the Third Chimpanzee

The NHK SPECIAL: JARED DIAMOND'S RISE OF THE THIRD CHIMPANZEE is a series of lectures featuring Jared Diamond — a UCLA professor and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Socieities— who traces the footsteps of humanity, from the apes to the challenges of today.