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    contrast the social organization of orangutans‚ gorillas‚ and common chimpanzees. Social organization among primates varies in many ways. To name a few‚ primates have variations in body size‚ group composition‚ dominance hierarchies‚ diet and mating systems (158). In spite of the differences among primates‚ their social organization is the key to their ability to adapt to particular environments. In other words‚ primates such as chimpanzees‚ orangutans and gorillas often live in tropical areas and are

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    Humans share 99% of our DNA with chimpanzees and bonobos. Chimps are more violent while bonobos don’t fight as much as they enjoy other activities like sex. It makes one wonder whether or not humans are chimpanzees or bonobos. “...it’s easy to see the similarities between an organized chimp ambush and our own guerilla warfare practices‚” (Grant 3). While that is true‚ one

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    Jane Goodall’s research with chimpanzees and gorillas is an example of Naturalistic observation. Here is a list of the key findings if Goodall’s life * 1960: Chimpanzees as meat eaters * First recorded instance of toolmaking by nonhumans * 1964: Planning-Figan showed deliberate planning when he kidnapped baby Flint in order to get his mother Flo and the rest of the group to follow him. * Using man-made objects- Mike used empty kerosene cans to intimidate larger males‚ and

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    Human and Animal Emotions Three emotions that I‚ Pamela Turner‚ (author of Hachiko the True Story of Loyal Dog) and Jane Goodall (author of My Life with the Chimpanzees) believe animals and humans share are loyalty‚ friendship and security. Loyalty is one of the most important parts of animal and human relationship and can be found in both humans and animals. Clearly Pamela Turner believes in loyalty as her book Hachiko even has loyal in the title‚ which she made because she was inspired by the

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    animal’s rights activist. Goodall was born on April 3‚ 1934 in London‚ United Kingdom‚ currently age 81. Had studied chimpanzees by the shore of lake Tanganyika‚ and is a very high demand woman for all her success and still is contributing to her research by sharing it with others all around the world. Jane Goodall studied for many years and learned many life lessons from Chimpanzees. Early Life Jane grew up in a household with two parents and two older sisters‚ Jane as a child was given a chimpanzee

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    display and constantly exposed to human presence‚ the effect of human presence and crowd sizes on captive animals has not been extensively researched. For apes‚ some studies have been conducted with gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) and even fewer with chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes);

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    Jane Goodall is currently a primatologist who set out to Tanzania in the 1960’s to study wild chimpanzees by bravely sitting amongst them with nothing but a notebook and her binoculars. She eventually gained the trust of these shy creatures due to her determination and the degree to which how persistent she was. Mrs. Jane is a fascinating woman whose extensive research into the behavior of chimpanzees from 1960’s to this day has changed our basic assumptions about the line differentiating humans

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    After all‚ he hired her. As her job she observed how chimpanzees behaved and survived out in nature. This led her to notice how chimpanzees act very similar to humans. In 1986 she wrote her definitive scientific work‚ The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior. This book described how chimpanzees had both and good actions. in 1976 she founded the Jane Goodall Institute. This foundation supported research and efforts to protect chimpanzees and their habitats. Also out of a meeting that she had

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    for human speech. Since chimpanzees are far superior to humans in manual dexterity‚ the Garners decided to try to teach chimpanzees American Sign Language or Ameslan. The Gardners and others studied these chimpanzees‚ Washoe‚ Lucy‚ and Lana. These three chimpanzees learned to use and could display a working vocabulary of 100 to 200 words. They also distinguished between different grammatical patterns and syntaxes (Sagan 615). Besides distinguishing‚ the chimpanzees also inventively constructed

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    to have progressed throughout human evolution from chimpanzees to modern day humans where gender roles were clearly defined. This paper is to analyze the difference between men and women in terms of social behavior as not the result of biological variation but of cultural and environmental development from our ancestors. Throughout

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