must first understand what it is. Also by evaluating the causes of endangerment and the factors that correspond with it we can better understand how it should be handled. There are many endangered species on the planet‚ but I will be focusing on the Bonobo Monkey and how the destruction of their habit‚ poaching and other issues are affecting their existence. Found mainly near the Congo River in the Dominican Republic their biggest threats are humans. I will examine why these primates are being targeted
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ANT-111-V8 R. Deutsch 30 April 2013 Bonobos Female bonobos exhibit obvious sexual swellings throughout their adult lives. One of the most significant and defining characteristics of bonobos societies is sexual behavior. Sex serves purposes other than reproduction such as appeasement‚ affection‚ social status‚ erotic games‚ reconciliation‚ excitement‚ and stress reduction. While most mammals mate only during specified breeding seasons‚ many primate species are able to breed at any time during
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Studying the bonobo has given researchers much insight into our closest living relative. Unfortunately‚ according to a number of different journal articles‚ the bonobo is on the verge of extinction. However‚ in order to understand the conservation issues associated with the bonobo‚ we must first be able to classify the animal with respect to its families and groups. The bonobo is classified according to the taxonomic hierarchy. Bonobos belong to the superfamily Hominoidea that includes apes and
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The lecturer asserts that there are several misunderstandings about bonobos and chimpanzees that the former are loving and peaceful and the latter are aggressive animals. This refuts the reading passage’s claim that bonobos are gentle and the chimpanzees often act aggressively. To begin with‚ the lecturer maintains that scientists have observed that bonobos also act aggressively when they are angry. They would shake their feasts and throw some objects. Also‚ they would throw sticks and even fight
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Anthropology-101 BONOBOS Species Origination and Geographical Distribution -The bonobo is the most recently discovered great ape in modern times. It was revealed in 1929 by German anatomist Ernest Schwarz that a skull once thought belonging to a juvenile chimpanzee was in fact a new subspecies of chimpanzee known now as the Pan paniscus‚ or bonobo. (Waal 6) During the Pleistocene epoch approximately 1.5 million years ago‚ the Congo River was formed in what is now the Democratic Republic
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above the Congo River‚ while bonobos are found south of the river‚ proving them to most likely have a common ancestor. This may explain the many similarities between chimps and bonobos stated the associates at Nature Publishing Group (Prufer and Paabo 2) such as gestation period only being three days shorter on bonobos part and teeth structure. Bonobos‚ however are smaller in stature only standing from 29 inches to 35 inches and only weighing 55 to 110 pounds. Bonobos also live twenty years less on
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Bonobos: The bonobo is an in interesting species because it shares more than 98 percent of our genetic profile‚ which makes it very close to a human. It is believed that the human line of ancestry‚ along with the line of bonobo and chimpanzee‚ split about eight million years ago (http://songweaver.com). The bonobo is closely related to the chimpanzee but it is considered to be a different species (pygmy chimpanzee). When one looks at a bonobo‚ they may think that it looks a lot like a chimpanzee;
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Pan troglodytes‚ Pan Paniscus‚ and Homo sapiens or more commonly referred to as Chimpanzees‚ Bonobos‚ and Humans have unbelievably similar biological traits that one could invoke philosophical reflection of our origin and evolution. Highly intelligent‚ social‚ vocalized‚ animals that share a taxonomic group with Homo sapiens: a tribe. But where do we draw the line? How do we define these primates as different species even at a 98% gene proportion? Are these creatures analogous to each other to the
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characteristics to other primates like the chimpanzees‚ bonobos and gorillas. Characteristics like culture‚ speech‚ communication‚ having social classes would which may have been thought to unique to humans have also seen done by other primates. Humans may have been considered unique once upon a time‚ but now were closer to our primate relatives than ever. Culture was once considered unique to humans‚ but it has been discovered that chimpanzees‚ orangutans‚ and bonobos also have culture. In Jane Goodall’s study
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Course ________________________________________________ Teacher ________________________________ Year/Cycle _______________ Part 1: Background One of the ongoing discussions in behavioral research is about whether the non-human great apes (chimps‚ bonobos‚ orangutans‚ and gorillas) are as intelligent as human beings. Intelligence refers to the ability to learn‚ reason‚ plan‚ think abstractly‚ comprehend ideas‚ and solve problems. It involves the ability to understand and profit from experience and
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