Nina Jablonski encourages us to stop Twittering, start touching

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:51:10 GMT

A decade of e-mailing, IM'ing and social networking is beginning to undo 40 million years of touching as a primary human modality. Nina Jablonski - acclaimed primatologist, evolutionary biologist and Penn State anthropology department head - explores this change,our role as the only "self-decorating ape," and how our underappreciated skin holds the key to our humanity.

By poptech

Tags : ape, biology, email, evolution, im, network, penn, primates, primatoloty, social, state, touching

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Nina Jablonski encourages us to stop Twittering, start touching