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What exactly is a primate? Are monkeys and apes the same thing? And where do humans fit in the primate family?

In this lecture, primatologist Ishika Ramakrishna takes us into the world of our closest relatives. Drawing from her fieldwork, she explores the lives, intelligence, and social worlds of primates while answering questions people often hesitate to ask: Why do some primates have tails while others don’t? How smart are they? And how similar are their lives to ours?

The lecture journeys from the Nicobar Islands to the forests and plains of northeast India, introducing two remarkable species along the way: the Nicobar long-tailed macaque and the western hoolock gibbon. Through stories from the field, it looks at how humans and other primates share landscapes, navigate conflicts, and live alongside one another.

About the Speaker

Ishika Ramakrishna is a Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Wildlife Studies, studying the relationships between people and western hoolock gibbons in Upper Assam. Her work sits at the intersection of ethnoprimatology, social sciences, citizen science, science communication, and conservation education.

Beyond academia, she is involved in several collaborative science communication and capacity-building initiatives. She has also written children’s books and hosts a nature podcast, The Thing About Wildlife, bringing stories of the natural world to wider audiences.

Event Details

📅 Saturday, 12 September

🕛 4 PM – 6 PM

📍 Atta Galatta, Indiranagar, Bengaluru

Your ticket includes:

• 1 complimentary kombucha from Umami Brew

• First-come, first-served seating

About Pint of View

Pint of View is India's Largest Lecture Community. We brought the lecture in bar format to India and are now expanding across the globe with chapters in 14 cities worldwide. Here, big ideas meet intimate spaces, and you walk in curious and walk out with a sharper lens on the world.

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