Anthropology-101 BONOBOS Species Origination and Geographical Distribution -The bonobo is the most recently discovered great ape in modern times. It was revealed in 1929 by German anatomist Ernest Schwarz that a skull once thought belonging to a juvenile chimpanzee was in fact a new subspecies of chimpanzee known now as the Pan paniscus‚ or bonobo. (Waal 6) During the Pleistocene epoch approximately 1.5 million years ago‚ the Congo River was formed in what is now the Democratic Republic
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Movies and novels such as "Planet of the Apes" and 2001: A Space Odyssey are called Science Fiction because they portray situations that seem extremely unrealistic concurrent with contemporary philosophy. "Planet of the Apes" depicts a world where apes rule while humans are subjected to servitude and confinement. These apes speak intelligibly and are human-like in appearance and behavior. In 2001: A Space Odyssey‚ the highly advanced computer‚ HAL 9000‚ an acronym for "Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic
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What was the best King Kong film? King Kong 1933 had a rating of 8/10 on IMDb and a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. King Kong 2005 had a rating of 7.3/10 on IMDb and a 84% on Rotten Tomatoes. The 1933 film was directed Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Shoedsack‚ 2005 film was directed by Peter Jackson. King Kong was written by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace but then it was rewritten by Peter Jackson who also directed the film. Naomi Watts played the role of the brave and beautiful Ann Darrow which also
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demand‚ the apes are being killed off primarily to supply the high-demand in urban areas. The gorilla meat is considered to be prestigious amongst the wealthy. Even though the poaching is supposed to be illegal‚ it continues because of the lack of law enforcements and international laws. The Gorillas also have an effect with loss of habitat. The forests are rapidly starting to get destroyed by logging interests‚ agriculture‚ and roads being built. This makes the lives for the apes much harder
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support that there is in fact a so called “Bigfoot”. There are many so called sightings from many believers out there but no hard evidence to actually prove that Sasquatch truly does exist. Bigfoot‚ also known as Sasquatch‚ is the name given to an ape-like creature that some people believe inhabits forests‚ mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America (Cruze). Bigfoot is usually described as a large‚ and very hairy creature. Most scientists discount the existence of Bigfoot and consider
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not know how‚ when‚ or where they will be endangered by manmade weapons of mass destruction. The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) perfectly embodied the dystopian contexts taking place within the 1960s. For instance‚ in the opening scene when the apes discover how to use the bone as a weapon‚ and a tool. This scene has two settings‚ first at an African desert at the year of 3‚000‚000 BC. Afterwards‚ the setting shifts millions of years into the future with the new setting becoming space at 1992
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Introduction I have always wanted to travel the world and discover many new artifacts and fossils that have not been found before. I found myself very interested and passionate about evolution and how our ancestors evolved into modern human. That is when I decided to pursue a career in paleoanthropology because I knew that was a career with many opportunities to travel the world and possibly discover fossils. In college‚ I have had a lot of hands on field experience in paleontology and it was a place
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Compared to previous epochs this was a relatively brief period‚ "only" 3 million years. During this time the world became much more like it is today‚ with ice caps‚ modern mammals‚ relatively modern geography‚ and the evolution of prehistoric man ("ape man") ( see figure 1). “The Pliocene was a time of global cooling after the warmer Miocene. The cooling and drying of the global environment may have contributed to the enormous spread of grasslands and savannas during this time. The change in vegetation
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is a wondrous and remarkable setting to explore and discover certain psychologically emotional behaviors and habits among the various organisms that inhabit the planet Earth. Perhaps the most fascinating creatures that come to mind are the bonobo ape (Pan paniscus)‚ the red fox (Vulpes vulpes)‚ the green iguana (Iguana iguana)‚ the common honey bee (Apis mellifera)‚ and the human being (Homo sapien). It is a miraculous phenomenon as to how these beasts‚ as well as others relate and differ in the
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certain postures to signal aggression to humans using gestures to convey a message (Cooper T. and Kaye H.‚ 2007). Ethology studies and case studies have been performed on our primates to compare human language with animal communication and to teach apes human language. The results suggested that animal communication‚ although similar to some degrees to human language‚ yet is qualitatively different. In investigating the evolution of language‚ this paper will evaluate whether or not human language
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