About this episode
Jonathan Leaf discusses his book 'The Primate Myth' and challenges the notion that humans are a subspecies of ape.
Jonathan Leaf is a playwright, screenwriter, author and journalist, who’s won a slew of awards, has been compared to Saul Bellow for his “literacy and seriousness,” has written a half-dozen books, and also written for The New Yorker, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, The American, National Review, The New Partisan, The New York Press, The Weekly Standard and The New York Sun. His latest book, The Primate Myth , upends the common knowledge that humans are a subspecies of ape. Primatologists Jane Goodall and Frans de Waal were completely wrong. If anything, we are a subspecies of dog. Modern technology proves it, and, by giving us an accurate portrait of human nature, explains our penchant for sports, fashion, war, altruism, financial bubbles, suicide and homosexuality, among many other things.
People in this episode
Host: Ann Coulter
Guest: Jonathan Leaf
Topics covered
- human nature
- primatology
- sports
- fashion
- war
- altruism
- financial bubbles
Keywords
- human nature
- primate myth
- Jonathan Leaf
- Saul Bellow
- Jane Goodall
- Frans de Waal
- sports
- fashion
- war
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The New Yorker, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, The American, National Review, The New Partisan, The New York Press, The Weekly Standard, The New York Sun
Books & works: The Primate Myth
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