Dr. Itai Roffman is one of the only researchers to have published on the behavioral capabilities of great apes in a very large array of different settings, both in the wild and in captivity. His comparative approach focuses on tool use and symbolic culture. He is studying a group of chimpanzees in Mali and interacted with the bonobo family raised by Sue Savage-Rumbaugh et al.
Itai Roffman was interviewed by Cathy Caruth in Israel in 2017 and 2018, by Laurent Dubreuil in Ithaca, NY in 2018, and by Caruth on the Cornell campus in 2018. The testimony was directed and edited by Laurent Dubreuil. At a later date, more videos could be created.
ITAI ROFFMAN’S TESTIMONY (2018)
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