Introduces the numbers one through ten and the concept of counting, along with various members of the primate family.

For more than a century, scientists have raced to unravel the human family tree and have grappled with its complications. Now, with an astonishing new discovery, everything we thought we knew about primate origins could change. Lying inside a high-security vault, deep within the heart of one of the world's leading natural history museums, is the scientific find of a lifetime - a perfectly fossilized early primate, older than the previously most

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Readers will learn the legends and facts about this creature, including reported sightings, possible habitats, and scientific explanations.

In this double feature, National Geographic explores the amazing and secret world of the great apes. In Mystery Gorillas, join primatologist Mireya Mayor as she travels into the heart of the jungle to get a rare and intimate look into the family life of a gorilla group. Search for the Great Apes chronicles the ground-breaking fieldwork of Dian Fossey and Birute Galdikas-Brindamour and the world-wide efforts of these dedicated scientists to better...

"Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's ... investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and ... computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today ... In the first episode ... encounter...

Introduces readers to aye-ayes, with an emphasis on the animal's habitat, adaptations, and life cycle.