Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds Essay [pic] By Kelly Hastie M/W 11:00 Anthropology 101 Professor Kamaila We all realize that us humans have some sort of relation to apes and chimpanzees‚ but what evolved us from them to becoming bipedal hominids? In this essay I will be inculcating you about the evolution of humans‚ the captivating discovery of Lucy‚ an Australopithecus afarensis‚ and how her uncovering of a new species is so important to our advancement. Lucy is our oldest‚ most complete
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hands and feet‚ she had long curved fingers and toes representative to arboreal primates than any other species. Yet‚ there are some sign that there were some differences. The important question to ask is‚ was Lucy just another cousin of the current apes which went extinct before her cousins or was she their ancestor. Simply stated‚ it is a very hard task to navigate between all the points of view within the evolution theory‚ and even harder when philosophy and arts are thrown in the mix
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Humans have been interested in odd creatures and beings from mythology for most of time. One of these beings is Bigfoot. Bigfoot is a large ape like being that lives in forests all round the world. But a large part of the sightings are in the northwest of the United States and up into Canada. Bigfoots are also thought to be related to the Yeti. References to‚ and recorded sightings of Bigfoots have been around for a very long time. There are also many eyewitness accounts and odd events that have
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The Evolution of Orangutans Orangutans are apes with reddish-brown hair that originated 2 million-100‚000 years ago. Orangutans are categorized the Hominidae family‚ which is commonly known as the Great Apes. Orangutans live in Asia‚ only found on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. They are known for their long arms which can reach to a length of 7m‚ fingertip to fingertip (See Appendix A‚ Fig.1). There is no real evidence of who the orangutan’s ancestors were. The primate
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representing. To come up with the our theme of power our teacher made us create a mind map of the Phrase “back in the day” and bounce off ideas of what it meant to us. We use this phrase for our first scene which had no script. We took the characters of apes in a time before humans and showed how power and dominance existed before human time. Having the use of no
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Species: Pan paniscus - Genus: Pongo 3. Is this a prosimian‚ New World monkey‚ Old World monkey‚ or ape? (for this‚ you’ll have to read ch. 5 and learn what those categories mean). Since Old World Monkeys’ are associated with Africa and Asia‚ the Bonobo would fall into this category. There are two groups of apes; there are Lesser Apes and Greater Apes. Bonobos are classified as Greater Apes. 4. What kind of environment/habitat (e.g.‚ rainforest‚ desert‚ or whatever) does your primate live in
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Summary: Humans‚ apes and monkeys share a common ancestor. This ancestor lived about 45 million years ago. Many fossils have been found traits of both humans and apes; also comparisons of modern humans and apes support this theory. PRIMATES Primates are a group of mammals that have special characteristics that include: both eyes are located at the front of the head and they provide binocular or three-dimensional vision; also all primates have 5 fingers (four fingers and a thumb). The ancestors
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there has never been any concrete evidence to prove that bigfoot is real. When there are recorded bigfoot sightings they just hear sounds or rustling‚ never any communication or yelling. However‚ this doesn’t match up if bigfoot were some kind of ape
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Michael Tooley’s article‚ "Abortion and Infanticide" raised some points about the morality of abortion. He discussed the conservatives’ ethical objection against abortion which states that fetuses and infants have a right to life. The conservatives believe that early abortion is immoral. In his article‚ he made a case against the conservative position on abortion. His case boils down to two claims: (i) We should accept that early abortion is immoral only if we accept the "potentiality principle"
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helped Johanson to fill in the gaps of his insufficient data about Lucy. Dubois had also found fossils of a “Java ape-man.” He believed that Neanderthals were the evolution of humankind. The author explained that Dubois had read Darwin’s theory of apes’ evolution‚ but that he did not completely understood what Darwin really meant. Darwin believed that there were linkages between apes and Neanderthals‚ but that in between these two species there needed to be another of the two
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