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Channel 4 Saturday 12 August, 8.10pm

What is it that separates us from our animal cousins and makes us essentially human?


Host Armand Leroi with a chimpanzee named Harry
While our closest animal relatives have been swinging from the trees, humans have built a world that is vastly more complex. What are the defining features that have allowed us to do this? Are we special, and separate from all other animals, or are we just an especially successful mammal?


Find out ten things that distinguish humans from other animals.

Do you think we are just another animal? Vote.


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