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Marc Hauser: Monkeys Solving Mysteries
October 6, 2005
Marc Hauser professor, psychology, Harvard

Marc Hauser discusses how by studying monkeys and apes, as well as infants and adults, his work has unlocked some of the mysteries of language evolution, conceptual representation, social cooperation, communication, and morality.

This lecture is part of the 2005 Boston IDEAS conference.

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