How Do Great Apes Go Wild? with Dr. Laura Simone Lewis

Chimpanzees and bonobos know how to live it up. They hang out with their friends, they take self-care breaks, they eat fresh fruit, and when it’s raining they fashion umbrellas out of leaves. Dr. Laura Simone Lewis is back on the show this week to tell us all about the social lives of these dynamic individuals, who happen to share 98% of our DNA. From their favorite juice flavors to their equivalent of Netflix and chill—this episode’s got it all.

Missed Dr. Lewis’s first episode on the show, all about our great ape family tree? Check it out here.

Dr. Laura Simone Lewis is a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Psychology department at UC Berkeley. She received her PhD from Harvard through the department of Human Evolutionary Biology last year. She studies how social cognition has evolved in our closest living primate cousins, chimpanzees and bonobos!

You can follow Dr. Lewis on Twitter @LauraSimoneLew.

Want to support our chimpanzee and bonobo cousins? Here are some groups to follow:

Lola Ya Bonobo in DRC
Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda
Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Kenya
Jane Goodall Institute
World Wildlife Fund

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