Silver Screen Science is our series where we explore how science is portrayed on the big screen. This year, we’re focused on one recurring franchise: Planet of the Apes!

This episode, we begin where it began, with the original movie about a world where simian society is turned upside-down – Planet of the Apes (1968).

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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.