這是三位女性的傳奇故事，她們踏上了另類的人生旅程，和人類的最近親「類人猿」共同生活。事實上，人類也是類人猿的一種，我們的基因超過96%相同，因為數百萬年前，我們擁有共同祖先。
我們的最近親是黑猩猩，其次是大猩猩，之後是號稱「森林人」的婆羅洲巨型紅毛猩猩。我們的壽命相若，很多行為習慣，以至人格特質都有相似之處。然而，半個世紀以前，除了「金剛」和泰山系列電影，我們對牠們幾乎一無所知。

三位年輕女性改變了這一切，進而作出更大突破。珍．古德離開英國，到非洲與黑猩猩共同生活，成為當代最著名女性之一；美國人戴安．弗西守護盧旺達山地大猩猩，最終以悲劇收場，一生志業成為傳奇；加拿大人碧露蒂．高地卡斯深入婆羅洲森林，和紅毛猩猩生活在一起。她們被冠以「追猩三女俠」之名，在「國家地理」專題和電影中著稱。

她們三位都超越了純科學的界線，熱心投入倡導議題，喚醒世人關注雨林，以至地球的狀況。

Trimates - Episode 1

This is the epic story of three women who embarked on lifelong journeys to live with humanity’s closest living relatives, the Great Apes. In fact, we are Great Apes too. We share over 96% of our DNA with them because we share a common ancestor millions of years ago.

The closest cousin is the chimpanzee, followed by the gorilla, and finally by “the person of the forest”, as the majestic orangutan is called in Borneo. We share similar life spans, many behavioural habits and personality traits. Yet half a century ago, we hardly knew anything about them outside of King Kong or Tarzan movies.

Three young women changed all that, and much more: Jane Goodall left England to live with the chimpanzees of Africa, and became one of the most famous women of our time; American Dian Fossey championed the mountain gorillas of Rwanda and met a tragic end, but made her cause legendary; and Canadian Biruté Galdikas went into the deepest jungles of Borneo to live among the orangutans. They became known as the Trimates, celebrated in National Geographic features and in films.

Each one crossed the line from pure science to passionate advocacy, and awoke the world’s awareness about the state of the rainforest, and of the whole planet.