Richard W. Wrangham is a Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University. He had a long term study in Kanyawara chimpanzees and he was well known for his 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
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There is plenty of evidence about the strange creatures in the world‚ but perhaps the most well known is Bigfoot. This creature has been sighted in the United States region. Bigfoot has been described as a cross between gorilla and a human that stands in the ranges of seven to fifteen feet tall. This creature is described as being covered from head to toe with long reddish-brown fur. Bigfoot is real‚ due to the many sighting‚ photographs‚ videos‚ and evidence leading to his existence. The most significant
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1. Since humans and other primates share a variety of characteristics‚ other primates provide important observations about early humans. Homologies between hominids and other primates enhance to behavior because the physiological and cognitive formations that manage to control human demeanor are likely related to those of other primates than to members of other taxonomic groups. The reality of this broad collection of homologous traits‚ the commodity of the average evolutionary history of the primates
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Introduction to Hominid Evolution Hominid evolution is the theory of the origins of the human species (Homo sapiens). Current understanding of human origins is obtained largely from the findings of paleontology‚ anthropology‚ and genetics. Of all primates‚ humans share particularly close affinity to other members of a group known as hominoids‚ or apes. Humans and their immediate ancestors‚ known as hominids‚ are notable among hominoids for their bipedal locomotion (Using two legs for walking)
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Early human evolution is characterised by speciation. The term speciation refers to “the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution”. Recently‚ experts in the field of evolution have given special emphasis to the new and most controversial issue of Homo floresiensis. Homo floresiensis (known as the Hobbit Man and LB1) is the little bodied and an extinct species that was discovered from a fossil and simple stone tools in 2003 on the island of Flores in Indonesia. Scientists indicate
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Consciousness is a tricky concept‚ both in its definition and its attribution. Here‚ “consciousness” refers to a cognitive process involving self-awareness and wakefulness; this paper will be specifically concerned with self-awareness‚ which seems to be a minimum requirement of conscious experience. I propose that the evolutionary history of consciousness likely began in large-bodied‚ arboreal apes with the development of a bodily self-awareness and sense of personal agency‚ allowing them to successfully
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The Olmec culture has associated their art with the jaguar. To them‚ the jaguar is a powerful and mysterious animal that they would worship. Infantile sculptures that were created by the Olmec were found in Mesoamerica. The sculptures are those of naked infants where the sex is usually not denoted. Some of the sculptures can be found with feline characteristics such as that of a jaguar’s mouth. There is speculation that the mouths of the figures appear to be of jaguars due to the similarity between
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What do you think of when the word Lemur is said? What is a lemur exactly? In particular‚ I found the picture of lemurs to be most interesting. Not only do lemurs have long tails‚ but their tails are black and white with a horizontal pattern‚ however there is one species of lemurs that do not have long tails. It is true that I have never seen a lemur before‚ but that is because I do not live in Madagascar according to the book. With that being said‚ lemurs could be classified as “Strepsirrhini”‚
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There are many types of species of primates throughout the world‚ ranging from Prosimians‚ Old World Monkeys‚ New World Monkeys‚ and various number of apes. The species in which catches my interest the most would be the Baboon‚ a Old World Monkey that belongs to the genus Papio. Old World Monkeys in particular live in the area of South and East Asia‚ the Middle East‚ Africa‚ and even Gibraltar which is in the southern tip of Spain. Baboons are most founded in Africa and parts of Arabia. Surprisingly
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When viewing the topic of non-human primate conservation many issues arise as the population is constantly growing and therefore requires more accessible space for building and other land uses. The issue of non-human primate conservation is a large issue in various parts of the developing world‚ as they are home to numerous non-human primates and as the developing the human population is growing and the non-human primate population is decreasing with the decrease in forest area
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