“Uncanny valley” refers to the range where human beings are comfortable with human-like objects. If an object is too similar to us without exactly replicating our behavior‚ the object falls into called uncanny valley and rather than expressing empathy‚ we are repulsed when looking at the object. This theory was first applied to the robotics industry‚ but has since been applied to many other fields. Various studies have proven that when objects‚ such as robots‚ fall into uncanny valley‚ we are disgusted
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Dawn breaks over the horizon in the remote wilderness of the equatorial forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ and a large community of bonobos splits up for the day. Stomach gurgling‚ a bonobo wanders off with his group in search of food. Moving as swiftly and majestically as a gymnast‚ the bonobo swings from tree to tree‚ its kind brown eyes scanning the trees of the Salonga National forest in search of fruits and insects for ingestion. The ape and his group travel together and go about
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Koko was a Gorilla that was trained sign language at an early age by her primary caregiver Penny. Penny performed an experiment‚ testing to see if primates like gorillas can communicate in sign language with humans. The reason Koko was so special because she is the longest animal study in history. It infatuated the public when Koko was first in the public eye on the cover of National geographic holding kittens. Koko changed how people viewed animals‚ and got people to their emotions. Before this
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Early Hominids and Tools Jacky Thompson ANT 101 March 20‚ 2013 Even though humans seem to be the most advanced creatures walking this earth‚ we certainly had ancestors before us. We share similar genetic information of other animals. They are what we consider early hominids. Early hominids date as far back as 6 to 8 million years ago. Just like humans‚ they had to have some type of culture in order to survive and make a living. Culture is defined as a dynamic adaptive process of learned
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Pandora is a mythical character who played a very important role in Greek society because she is said to have released all of the world’s badness with only a small consolation in return. She is what the Greeks believed to be the beginning of badness and evil in the world‚ two things not easily explained. Pandora is widely recognized in Greek culture to be the first woman created: a parallel to the christian Eve. Her story is that of the innocent-but-curious woman who released everything bad
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The Ancient Traveler Look at those bones embedded in the tightly packed sediment. They may be human said Mark Wells. Dr. Samantha Clark took a close look‚ shaking her head‚ not believing a human had lived 100‚000 years ago. The dig had been full of surprises‚ trying to move the tools and volunteers safely down the 85-foot sinkhole had been a challenge. Moreover‚ the fossils found were well over 100‚000 years old. The animals included an American lion‚ camel and mammoth. While the discovery in northern
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Capuchin Monkeys: Wild vs Captive INTRODUCTION Capuchins have traditionally been in the genus‚ Cebus Erxleben from the family Cabidae. There had been four species recognized among the capuchins‚ such as: Cebus albifrons‚ Cebus olivaceus‚ Cebus capucinus‚ and Cebus apella‚ all of which are a taxonomy that dominated capuchin history for an approximation of 50 years (Lynch Alfaro et al.‚ 2014). Over the years more capuchins had been recognized as well such as‚ Cebus kaapori‚ Cebus libidinosus‚ Cebus
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Terrorism: A New Mode of Dehumanizing People into ‘Targets’ Fr. Mathew Cherian cmi 1. Introduction The twentieth century (1900-2000) witnessed two world-renowned figures who were also contemporaries. Both had a powerful influence upon the world. But the means they adopted to influence the world were entirely opposite. Indeed‚ the philosophy of life they proclaimed was such that the course of history chronicled a number of offspring to their ideologies. The first one was Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
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Through A Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe By: Jane Goodall Anna Kate Dykes 5/8/16 Biology Introduction Through a Window tells of Jane Goodall’s adventures in the jungles of Rhwanda and western Tanzania. She went on this expedition to find and observe chimpanzees in their natural habitat. They also went to the slopes of Rwanda’s volcanoes for a-once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to encounter mountain gorillas in their own habitat. They spent four days looking for chimpanzees
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In the year 1960‚ Jane Goodall‚ a young‚ naive and optimistic secretarial school graduate‚ was sent to Gombe Stream Research Center located in East Africa in the country of Tanzania off of Kungwe Bay by fossil-hunter Louis Leakey where she would spend the next thirty years observing pan troglodytes‚ or chimpanzees‚ in their natural habitat and to study their social life‚ including topics such as friendship‚ loyalty‚ and social power. During this time‚ Goodall made several crucial discoveries that
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