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In the chimps film, there's a scene where one of the younger males has done something rather bad involving the alpha male and he seeks his forgiveness.

And it's a very low key scene that the younger male just walks up to the older male and he sits down beside him and looks at him and wants to get eye contact and just say,

you forgive me for what I've just done.

And the older male just won't look at him.

It's as if he's saying, I don't even register that you are in my presence,

you're not worth it.

And he walks off and this younger male looks utterly broken.

He drops his hands and his head and he's sitting there like these.

You sort of feel for him.

But as image is, it's nothing but within the story.

It's immensely powerful.

Welcome to the BBC Earth podcast, the podcast that tries to heal old wounds and rebuild burnt bridges.

The podcast that knows that blood is thicker than water.

Those social species are so interesting because what you get in those family groups

is either a very tightly bonded group battling against the world outside or you get

rivalries and jealousies within that group which can split the group apart.

In either case you get a very interesting dynamic going on.

This week, we're gathering round the fire with the family around us,

well, gathering around the watering hole, or the ancestral hunting grounds,

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