The World

[Ari Daniel Shapiro]

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Every Wednesday, for the next 6 weeks I'll have a different story airing on The World.  Stories about using hair to fight crime, dog personalities, and enhancing your brain to do better at math.  As for my story today:

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What makes us human?

We humans are exceptionally good at manipulating our environment, but what makes us so successful compared with other primates? Our intelligence? Our opposable thumbs? A clever experiment conducted in Africa and Europe suggests another answer: our social skills.

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I'll have the audio posted on my website later today, but you can check out a few links to the story there in the meantime.  And for the next month and a half, I'll be posting a new story from this series on my site.

Thanks!

ari