“Being Human: Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science” S:1 E:2 Junk-Food Monkeys

S:1 E:2 Junk-Food Monkeys What happens when nonhuman primates get to eat like Westernized humans? And what does it say about the costs: and surprising benefits: of our diets? Find out the answers in this lecture, which focuses on a fascinating study of East African baboons who abandoned their natural diet to gorge on garbage from a local tourist lodge.