Me, Human

Do you identify as an upright, walking, talking tool using Great Ape? Well, like it or not, you are. My name is Gilly Forrester. I'm a professor of comparative cognition, and this podcast channel will be featuring some of the many research projects I'm involved in.I'm proud of my ape identity because it's a unique window into who we are as human beings. And I really want to understand how our bodies and our brains work together to allow us to think, feel, act the way that we do. A big part of understanding who we are requires that we appreciate a shared evolutionary history with other apes. This has led to the inheritance of much of our modern skills and cultural traits.Me Human challenges everyone to consider humans within this evolutionary framework, from infancy to adulthood, and asks these fundamental questions about who we are as human apes.