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    Biological Anthropology

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    Biological Anthropology What is researched within Biological Anthropology? Biological Anthropology studies the behaviours and biological variations of human beings‚ other primates‚ and extinct hominin ancestors. This subfield of anthropology provides us with a biological perspective on the variation of humans as a whole. What are some Biological Anthropology Research Methods? Since it is such a broad sub-discipline‚ the research methods tend to vary. Some biological anthropologists

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    Primatology is the study of non-human primates and I find it the most interesting of the four subfields. The study of Primatology focuses on the biological and psychological aspects of non-human primates. Also it looks at the similarities shared between humans and primates. Primatologists focus on studying and conducting research on primates in three main ways; field study‚ laboratory study‚ and through captivity. In captivity‚ they try to replicate natural primate habitat in a controlled captive setting

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    were. The chimpanzee‚ one of the great apes‚ makes it home in the forests of Central and West Africa. Their long arms and legs adapt them for living in such regions as lowland jungles and mountainous regions. Humans are classified in the order Primates‚ and family Hominade. Within this family‚ human beings‚ our nearest living relatives‚ the African apes‚ are also placed. Though in some classification standards‚ apes are placed in the family Pongidae. The defining characteristic of Hominids is

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    compare/contrast essay

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    life‚ almost since the beginning of time. With this information one could assume that every animal and their relationship with human kind is extremely important. I find two of these relationships to be most intriguing; that of the Homo sapiens and primate‚ and that of the man and his dog. Our lives would be completely different‚ if not non-existent‚ without our relationship with them both and each alliance is different and vital to our lively hood.. Canines‚ of all variations‚ have been apart

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    the ape and monkey have more differences than they do similarities.Apes are large primates and are usually larger than monkeys.Apes do not have a tail while a monkey has a tail. Apes are also considered to be more intelligent than monkeys. Another big difference is that an ape can walk on two legs while a monkey walks on all fours.There are few similarities between the two when it comes to traits. They both are primates and both have fur on their bodies. Unlike the traits of monkeys and apes

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    Anth101 T/TH October 22‚2013 Zoo Assignment For the primate observation project I went to the Santa Barbara zoo to observe and contrast different types of primates. I observed one species of an old world monkey‚ which was a gorilla and two different species of new world monkeys‚ which were the Bolivian Grey Titi Monkey and also the Golden Lion Tamerin. The first type of primate I observed was a Bolivian Grey Titi Monkey which is a type of new world monkey species

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    REASONING AND INTERPRETATION – Practice questions 1. Understanding the ecological mechanism that causes extinction is fundamental to conservation as not all organisms are threatened by the same factors. A total of 1012 threatened bird species in 95 families were studied to see how they were threatened by different factors: · habitat loss · persecution by humans and introduced predators · other factors (introduced competitors‚ hybridization and disease) and unknown risk factors. Scientists investigated

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    Human Evolution

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    ancestor of all life‚ the topic usually covers only the evolutionary history of primates‚ in particular the genus Homo‚ and the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of hominids (or "great apes"). The study of human evolution involves many scientific disciplines‚ including physical anthropology‚ primatology‚ archaeology‚ linguistics‚ evolutionary psychology‚ embryology and genetics.[1] Genetic studies show that primates diverged from other mammals about 85 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous

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    La Zoo Observation

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    friendly and provided educational facts to the public. This is the second time that I visit LA Zoo because I want to observe the activities and behavior of some selected primates. I spent most of the time observing all the animals and learning about them and their native habitats. LA Zoo is laid out by continental area‚ so the primate exhibits are scattered throughout the zoo. I began with the New World monkey located in the South American section of the zoo. In exhibit area 75‚ I saw three species

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    Monkeys

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    Monkeys‚ Too‚ Can Recollect What They’ve Seen‚ Study Suggests It’s one thing to recognize your childhood home when you see it in a photograph and quite another to accurately describe or draw a picture of it based on your recollection of how it looked. A new report published online on April 28 in Current Biology‚ a Cell Press publication‚ offers some of the first clear evidence that monkeys‚ like humans‚ have the capacity for both forms of memory. The researchers found that rhesus monkeys can flexibly

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