The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism

What if the way we study animals tells us more about our own biases than about the animals themselves? Dr Christine Webb, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at New York University and researcher of nonhuman primate social life, asks exactly that.

Her work exposes how human exceptionalism, the quiet assumption that we are fundamentally different from and superior to other species, runs deep inside science itself, shaping what we study and what we choose to see. During the closing show, she challenges us to rethink that assumption. Because how we see ourselves relative to other species determines how we treat the planet.