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Apr 20, 2021 05:19 PM EDT So much is now well known about the similarities we have with other primates, it is not difficult to forget that until relatively currently, we were still establishing precisely where we humans came to an end and apes began. Through the 20th century, the chimpanzee's study specifically was a way to gain knowledge about ourselves: how we might cope in space, for instance, and how we might have communications without a common tongue. (Photo : Getty Images) The Temerlins Raised Lucy in Their Home  The Human Chimp, Lucy, a new KEO Films TV documentary, Channel 4, explor...

Rating: Rating: Teenagers are a handful. The most placid and loving child is liable to throw a moody strop when the hormones kick in. The Temerlins’ daughter, Lucy, became a particular problem. Overnight their adorable girl lost all interest in her dollies and began staging destructive tantrums when she couldn’t get her own way. Maurice and Jane, a mild-mannered pair of academics, were baffled. Soon they were afraid to have friends over or even take Lucy in the car to the shops. Who could have foreseen such a personality change? Answer: just about anybody. What were the Temerlins thinki...

Jane Temerlin, from Oklahoma, adopted Lucy from a zoo at just two days old She and psychotherapist husband Maurice treated her with 'all human comforts' When she reached puberty, they took her to Gambia, feeling she was 'dangerous' Student Janis Carter was hired by the couple to help care for 11-year-old Lucy  Janis moved into rainforest with Lucy for six years to encourage her to adapt Viewers were left in 'floods of tears' after watching the documentary last night   

Invalid Date, TEARS pricked Janis Carter’s eyes as chimpanzee Lucy held her in the tightest embrace of their ten-year relationship - then turned and walked into the rainforest. The final hug signaled the moment that Lucy - raised as a human in a bizarre experiment in the United States - found her independence, six long years after the pair arrived in Africa. 13 Lucy, pictured with adopted 'mum' Jane Temerlin, was raised as a humanCredit: KEO Films Lucy had been taken from her mother at two days old and raised as the “daughter” of scientist Maurice Temerlin and his wife Jane.

TV Editor Tonight's top TV tips include a profile of writer Colm Tóibín, Kate Winslet stars in new drama Mare of Easttown, there's a documentary about Derry City, and Mark Kermode takes a look at the Oscars . . . Pick of the Day Colm Tóibín - On Memory’s Shore, 9.35pm, RTÉ One Here's a profile of the author Colm Tóibín in which he reflects on his childhood in county Wexford and reveals his path to becoming a writer after his time at UCD and time spent abroad in Barcelona. He also discusses his latest novel