Last Common Ancestor - Craig Stanford #113

ReWild Yourself

Daniel Vitalis

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2016

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

What a treat it was to talk with primatologist and biological anthropologist Craig Stanford. If you’re a regular listener of ReWild Yourself podcast, you probably know how deeply fascinated I am with the great apes. I think they give us a window into understanding ourselves biologically, into understanding our wildness and even help us to glimpse into our origins.

Craig — author of sixteen books and over one hundred scholarly and popular articles — has studied chimpanzees extensively, studying their hunting behavior in Tanzania in collaboration with Dr. Jane Goodall, studying chimps and mountain gorillas in Uganda and more. He takes us on a journey to the meeting place of primatology and anthropology. He breaks down the social behaviors of some of the great apes, focusing on chimps and bonobos, and shares some of his controversial findings on the popularized "peaceful bonobo" research. This interview provides context to many of the themes we discuss on this podcast and was my favorite of the season. if you’re interested in ReWilding, I think you’ll find our conversation fascinating.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN:

Daniel shares on:
- Vibram FiveFingers
- Fats, food fads and the ketogenic diet
- Thoughts on contraception & my personal contraception strategy
- An interesting interview experience: Christianity and ReWilding
Craig’s journey in writing and primatology
Our last common ancestor
Should we be in the same genus as chimps and bonobos?
The great apes as a window into our origins
Multiple species of apes vs one Homo sapiens species
What is a species?
The politics of naming species
Differences between chimps and bonobo
Omnivorous diets and hunting strategies of apes
Frodo’s story
Meat as a commodity for manipulation
The plight of the modern ape
Craig’s prognosis for the future of the human species

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