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The HBO special, “The Human Chimp”, premieres on April 29. In 1964, Univ. of Oklahoma psychologist
MAURICE K. Temerlin (1924-1988), and his wife, Jane Whitbeck Temerlin, a clinical social worker, adopted a young chimpanzee who they named Lucy and raised her as one would raise a human child. At first, things went well. However, by the time a young grad student, Janis Carter, was hired (1976) by the Temerlins, the experiment had turned sour. Lucy was considered unpredictable and dangerous. The Temerlins told Carter to just feed Lucy and clean up after her. Not much later, they asked Carter to accompany them, and Lucy, to a facility in Africa where chimps were trained to go back into the wild. Carter was supposed to be in Africa for a few days, but stayed on for a decade, helping Lucy and some other chimps.

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