Sara Pascoe: The Modern Monkey

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Sara Pascoe explores our modern social world through theories of evolutionary psychology

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Sara Pascoe: The Modern Monkey: Series 1: Jealousy

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Sara explores an emotion we prefer not to admit to - jealousy.   From 2018.

Sara Pascoe uses theories of evolutionary psychology to make sense of our modern day emotions – such as jealousy.  From 2018.

How does our monkey past influence our modern lives and how come we can still get emotionally hijacked by our primitive emotions?

Sara Pascoe investigates an emotion that we don't often like to admit to - Jealousy. 

It's unattractive but in evolutionary terms, it's a survival tactic - it's good to be competitive for resources. 

But in the modern world, are we just hairless apes comparing ourselves on social media? And what can we do about it? 

Recorded on location at The Foundling Museum in London.

Written by and starring Sara Pascoe.   

Producer: Alexandra Smith

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2018.

Sara Pascoe: The Modern Monkey: Series 1

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Sara Pascoe explores our modern social world through theories of evolutionary psychology.

Stand-up comedy. Sara Pascoe explores our modern social world through theories of evolutionary psychology.

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