NHK SPECIAL - Jared Diamond's Rise of the Third Chimpanzee

The Animal Origins of Art / How We Choose Our Mates

What makes us human? In this episode Jared Diamond reveals the biological origins of human art, by looking at breathtaking examples of "art" made by animals and early humans. He unravels the mysterious mechanisms that determine how humans and animals choose their mates, with a fresh take on Charles Darwin's theory of sexual selection.

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