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    researchers‚ such as Dr Aureli‚ to understand more about the phenomena of emotions. Though animals cannot express their feelings linguistically‚ researchers have found that like humans‚ their emotions can be expressed through actions. Individual primates behave in different ways depending on the circumstances they find themselves in and the group members they interact with. For example‚ individuals who spend more time in proximity to one another will generally be friendlier and less aggressive to

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    because I do not live in Madagascar according to the book. With that being said‚ lemurs could be classified as “Strepsirrhini”‚ as they have a distinctive look with features like their feet‚ claws‚ and their teeth. Lemurs are known to be “the smallest primate”‚ although lemurs used to be bigger‚ they now are smaller due to “the amount of food they need to survive”. Knowingly‚

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    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 and what can be done to prevent the extinction of this animal. According to the World Wildlife Fund (2012)‚ there are 5‚689 endangered species and an additional 10‚000 that are on the brink of becoming endangered. These numbers

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    something like our intelligence‚ or that we communicate with each other and they do not. Social brain hypothesis is a proposal that strives to explain that in comparison to all vertebrates‚ the primates have naturally larger brain size to the body mass. This theory goes ahead to demonstrate that the primates acquire the wider brains as a result of their struggle to manage their complex social systems. According to La Mattrie the human being has always tried to understand it in reference to animals

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    the landscape. And‚ one of these is the Pregatoria‚ One of earth’s First Primate. It was an arboreal animal. The Earth regained its life source and bass tropical rainforest For hundreds of generation. This Large Habitat would nurture new families of primates. One of the oldest known signs of our origin and arrival are hominid imprints dating back 3 Million and a Half years ago. Human evolved from primates perhaps the apes that once lived in Southern Africa. This sumptuous forest

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    state of Simians‚ one could still strongly argue that ego was present. No historical record or book that holds the history of their beginning‚ but using facts that have been uncovered over time and research on primates of today one can infer that ego worked in the same way back then. The primates of today let their egos decided who will be the dominant of the group‚ meaning one could accurately

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    The Evolution of Language

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    The Evolution of Language The study of language is very intriguing once you start looking a little farther into it. I read through many books and sources to help make the history of language a little more clear and found many interesting ideas. I found that something as simple as the way you use your hand could shape the brain‚ language‚ and human culture (The Hand). I also found many sources on human evolution; and digging a bit deeper into this area showed me many thoughts and

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    Human vs Animal Language

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    language is used by humans we can affirm that the grammar is shown. When comparing humans and animals using ASL‚ it’s demonstrated on researches with primates that they are just able to sign the words itself; just sometimes they can put a few words together‚ but that doesn’t mean they are able to use grammar. In some of the research made with primates and ASL‚ researchers conclude that the animals were just mimicking theirs trainers in order to get treats or just to please them. Keeping in mind that

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    Madagascar is an island that is the fourth largest in the world. After Greenland‚ New Guinea and Borneo. A vast area of more than 585‚000 square kilometers‚ however it is an island that is certainly although large and small islands around the world will look like the biosphere or unique biodiversity. But Madagascar‚ which is separated from Africa about 165 million years ago‚ is a special case. Andrew‚ Blond‚ Anderson‚ Parkinsin. (2008).noted that the plants and animals around 90 percent of which

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    work in the ecology of primate social system. The book Catching Fire refers to the activities of our human ancestors when they began to use fire to practice cooked diet. Although the topic is pretty academic‚ but Richard used simple sentences and words to explain his ideas well. Yet the proof is still preciseness with provided evidences‚ and the conclusion is convincible. Hence‚ this source should be trustable. About 2‚300‚000 years ago‚ there existed a kind of primate began to use tool. They

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