organization vary among primates? How does social organization relate to adaptation to particular environments? Use at least 3 primates with examples and specific detail. Compare and contrast the social organization of orangutans‚ gorillas‚ and common chimpanzees. Social organization among primates varies in many ways. To name a few‚ primates have variations in body size‚ group composition‚ dominance hierarchies‚ diet and mating systems (158). In spite of the differences among primates‚ their social organization
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Locomotion in an animal with an endoskeleton (fish) * Water has a higher relative density (800 times higher than air) and is a viscous medium to move through. * The body of a fish is of a streamlined shape to move quickly in water. * The streamlined shape of a fish: * a) is long ellipse tapering to a point (shaped like a torpedo) in the direction of the flow of water. * b) reduces the drag (a drag is water resistance caused by friction between moving water and the
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us. Moreover‚ he compares us to chimpanzees—a primate—for the reason that they are “intelligent” and “self-assured‚” not unlike humans. However‚ despite the countless similarities between nonhuman primates and human beings‚ numerous species of “monkeys” are used in animal testing. Cruelty Free International defines animal testing as “any scientific experiment or test in which
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Take Home Writing Assignment 3: Bipedal Locomotion 1. Briefly describe the morphological features that distinguish the skeleton of bipedal hominids from that of chimpanzees and other apes. Make sure to explain how the features are different in bipedal hominids compared to the apes. a. Cranium Ape and human craniums are very different from one another. Ape craniums are designed for chewing giving them more muscles in the cranium to bite don on hard foods. These muscles apes obtain in their cranium
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Human’s Unique Eyes In the article Unique Morphology of the Human Eye and Its Adaptive Meaning: Comparative Studies on External Morphology of the Primate Eye written by Hiromi Kobayashi and Shiro Kohshima‚ there is an extensive look at how the exterior anatomy of primate and human eyes differ‚ and why this would be significantly adaptive as a trait. The authors focused on the distinctive coloration in the human eye along with its visible unpigmented sclera. They also concentrated their study to analyzing
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After going to Woodland Park and Zoo‚ observing primates has taught me about locomotor patterns of primates‚ relationships between locomotion and behavior‚ relationships between humans and other primates‚ and primates’ social interaction. Western Lowland Gorrilas are knucke-walkers‚ but they do climb and have a small of time standing bipedally. Since adult gorillas’ sheer sizes are big‚ they have to climb on the main trunk of the tree. Black-and-white Colobus Monkeys are arboreal quadruped and
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Primate Behavior The animal that most resembles us is the ape. At the zoo‚ it is easy to observe behavioral and facial expressions in monkeys and apes that are very much similar to our own. A group of apes could very well seem like a family. A mother taking care of her young may seem familiar to the human onlooker. This is because the ape is our closest living relative. In the documentary Primate Behavior‚ anthropologists observe the behavior of monkeys and primates. The primates are mostly observed
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Humans and primates are similar in some ways‚ but they are different in others. As scientist remark‚ they belong to the same family called Hominidae. They also conclude that they have many similar characteristics because they went through a process that they called evolution. This is the process in which some primates evoluted into what is know a human being and preserved several similar characteristics. It is now known that the chimpanzee is the closest primate to humans since they have a similar
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The zoo trip was a great experience and I learned a lot about the primate’s behaviors and how they interact with each other. Seeing the primates in person face to face was incredible because I could see how they interact with themselves‚ communicate with others by grooming. The primate group that I liked the best were the common squirrel monkeys‚ they were very small and playful. They kept playing with others in their group and climbing through the branches‚ collecting food. The common squirrel monkeys
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The Extraordinary Kinship and Differences Between Humans and Nonhuman Primates If you were to look at an ape right now‚ you would find an ongoing list of both similarities and differences they have with humans. Besides the obvious similarities and differences‚ apes and our nonhuman primates are just like us in so many extraordinary ways. However‚ there are various skills and abilities we possess that they don’t‚ and vice versa. Moreover‚ for the past fifty years anthropologists‚ scholars and researchers
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