The results‚ detailed in the current issue of the science journal Current Biology‚ may help to explain curiously peaceful interactions among neighboring social groups. The groups were observed in new behavioral studies of the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). 1. The study could also provide clues about the role and development of kinship in early human society‚ say researchers behind the work. Despite being the most numerous kind of gorilla‚ the western lowland gorilla species
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PS 177 – 01 74 2/14/13 This book is not Harry Potter‚ but it is pretty magical in its own way. The first chapter called Origins draws the reader’s attention by explaining how humans evolved from jungle dwellers into the bipedal hunting beasts that humans have become today. The next chapter on sex explains how humans are different from every other species because humans go through extensive pair-formation‚ pre-copulatory activity‚ and then into intense copulation. The chapter on rearing follows
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Stripe arrived last night! I do not know if I will abe able to meet though. We are going to go with the flow of the moment. Talked about how he arrived. E arrived in a double crate‚ which is a standard practice for small primates‚ but it was incredibly difficult to get him out. At one point he started to naw the zip ties in a slight panic. She said that it was difficult to see as it was really dark. Danny’s birthday is today! He is 11. They will be uprooting plants by Howlers for a while to
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If this were true‚ then perhaps big-headed people wouldn’t be so pea-brained. This question is mired in many unknowns. For one‚ scientists still debate over the definition of intelligence. For any IQ definition‚ how do you measure it? Further‚ do differences in IQ show up in daily life? And finally‚ does more brain tissue or a heftier brain equate with higher IQ? One thing scientists do agree on: A big brain alone doesn’t equate with smarts. If it did‚ elephants and sperm whales would win all
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Wesley Nguyen Anthro 2; MWF 10:30 Professor Scully 6 Nov 2015 Paper Assignment Introduction Chimpanzees‚ otherwise known as Pan Troglodytes‚ are a species of higher primates that inhabits the tropical forests of central Africa (Shefferly). According to Shefferly‚ the common chimpanzees are found from Gambia to Uganda‚ excluding the region bordered by the Congo and Lualaba rivers. Shefferly goes on writing about how chimpanzees can make a habitat out of various types of forests‚ ranging from tropical
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characteristics of the human brain requires studying the brain of other living primate species. In other words‚ a specific evolutionary change in the human brain cannot be inferred to be unique to the human lineage unless other species sharing a last common ancestor don’t have it. That being said‚ Rilling emphasizes the role of comparative neuroimaging to investigate the similarities and differences between human and non-human primate brains‚ and highlights the different imaging techniques that have been
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Pan Paniscus vs. Gorilla Beringei Bonobos‚ sometimes called pygmy chimpanzees‚ survive and endure in fission-fusion social groups where a behomitic amount of individuals apportion into smaller groups of size and composition. They are classified as those involved in patrilineal groups. Bonobos are in Central Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are an estimated number of thirty thousand bonobos in existence. Bonobos abide in the swampy rainforests of the southern region
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Lemurs in Madagascar Donna Butler SCI/275 April 7‚ 2013 University of Phoenix ------------------------------------------------- Associate Level Material Lemurs in Madagascar Assignment View the “Lemurs in Madagascar – Surviving on an Island of Change” video. Using the information found in this video‚ and in Ch. 5 and 6 of Visualizing Environmental Science‚ answer the following questions in 25 to 100 words each. 1. What are Madagascar’s biomes? Discuss the major features of
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Final Paper: Endangered Species Paper The Panamanian Spider Monkey I have always been extremely interested in and moved by the scores of endangered species out there. Whether they are plants or animals‚ I have always been an advocate for the wild life in need. It took hours to pick which specific species I wanted to focus on for this particular project‚ but after much research and a personal connection‚ I chose the Panamanian Spider Monkey. Ever since I was a little girl I have had a special
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The relationship between the Japanese culture and macaques: what this reveals about their cultural meanings The monkey plays a special role in the social structure of the Japanese people‚ by being remarkably close to humans. The Monkey‚ to the Japanese has come to be symbolic of the Japanese culture‚ yet in literature it exhibits characteristics which are human but flawed. In this essay I will explore how the monkey can be both similar to‚ and distinct from humans; and how‚ though the macaque is
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