This program documents the experiments of Dr.William Mason, Director of Animal Behavior Studies at the Delta Primate Center (supported by the National institute of Health) in Covington, Louisiana.

The chimpanzee is compared to man physically, mentally and most particularly, in early social behavior. Dr.Mason's experiments isolate some of the significant patterns in the young chimp's social behavior and shed new light on the evolutionary aspects of early human behavior.

Dr.Mason is now a professor at the U.C.,Davis - Psychology Deparment.