Human Centered

Death and Chimp Behavior - Elizabeth Lonsdorf

Episode Summary

2018-19 CASBS fellow Elizabeth Lonsdorf, a primatologist at Franklin and Marshall College, discusses the state of wild chimpanzee research and the question of whether chimps have a concept of death.

Episode Notes

Elizabeth Lonsdorf's site

Elizabeth Lonsdorf at National Geographic

Jane Goodall Institute's Gombe Stream Research Center

International Primatological Society

"Chimps Know Dead When They See It" Discover Magazine

"Chimps Filmed Grieving for Dead Friend" BBC

"Chimps Mourn Nine-Year-Old's Death?" National Geographic Video

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

@casbsstanford on twitter