Primates of the Caribbean /

1938: Five hundred monkeys in India are rounded up, shipped across the world, and released on a remote, uninhabited Caribbean island. How do they organize themselves socially? Troop wars, discrimination, abuse of power on the one hand - and maternal love, solidarity, and respect for the social hiera...

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Other Authors:	Ribot, Jean-Christophe (Director, Screenwriter), Silberman, Jack (Producer, Screenwriter), Schmitt, Thomas (Biologist) (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Paris, France : ZED, 2014.
Subjects:	Rhesus monkey > Caribbean Area. Social behavior in animals. Altruistic behavior in animals. Macaque rhésus > Caraïbes (Région) Comportement social chez les animaux. Altruisme chez les animaux. Rhesus monkey. Caribbean Area. Documentary films. Feature films. Documentaires.
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Summary:	1938: Five hundred monkeys in India are rounded up, shipped across the world, and released on a remote, uninhabited Caribbean island. How do they organize themselves socially? Troop wars, discrimination, abuse of power on the one hand - and maternal love, solidarity, and respect for the social hierarchy on the other. For better or worse, a society has been formed. Three renowned scientists -- a psychologist, a geneticist and an evolutionary biologist -- scrutinize these primates of the Caribbean in order to understand the roots of our own human society ... and to help us, ultimately, to imagine possibilities for a more altruistic world.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed March 07, 2017).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (53 min.)
Playing Time:	00:52:47