The artistic ape

Biology, Physics, Chemistry. 23/09/10

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Desmond Morris is a renowned zoologist, surrealist painter, writer and a TV presenter from UK. He is 93 years old now and still working with the same passion. In this rather long discussion, we covered various topics, like: His early life, growing up during world war II, his interest in zoology and surrealism, writing one of the top 100 bestsellers "The naked ape", Human tribalism, gender roles in human society and what is the secret of a long life.


About the guest

  • 0:00 Welcome and introduction

  • 0:58 Growing up during WWII

  • 5:46 Similarities between an artist and a scientist

  • 9:55 The naked ape

  • 26:55 Human zoo and tribalism

  • 34:26 How strong our tribal urges are?

  • 45:47 Gender equality and roles in human societies

  • 54:50 Arms race between culture and the biology?

  • 58:23 Congo: the artist

  • 1:04:03 The trap: beginning of surrealism

  • 1:09:23 What is the secret of a long life?

  • 1:12:27 Question from Anna Papageorgiou

  • 1:22:03 Question from Dr. Julie Thakur

  • 1:25:37 Farewell

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