This later led him to strongly press the claim of India as the original home of the Hominidae.
The film, directed by Nicolas Philibert presents an intimate portrait of the ape, originally from Borneo, who has spent her most of her life in captivity.
Along with Maurice Taieb and Yves Coppens, he is known for discovering the fossil of a female hominid australopithecine known as "Lucy" in the Afar Triangle region of Hadar, Ethiopia.