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    The difference between chimpanzees and bonbons may seem petite‚ but they are not as similar as people may think. The differences like their diet‚ socialization within each species‚ and population really divides their species. Other things like the chimpanzees and bonobos facial and body features also give a viewer an understanding of their differences. When it comes to the bonobo’s diet‚ they do not eat meat. Chimpanzees‚ however‚ do. The two monkey’s diets are relatively close‚ but there are significant

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    the overall impact of humans on apes. To provide more accurate results‚ the less social behavior of gorillas compared to chimpanzees should be taken into account because it could affect the reactions and explain possible differences in gorilla and chimpanzee reactions. Another factor to consider is that some animals prefer some areas and avoid others regardless of the size of the crowd which could explain differences in PVZ use. I am interested in working with wildlife and have an interest in animal

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    Apes and Language

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    and Bever argued that the apes in the language experiments were not using language spontaneously but were merely imitating their trainers‚ responding to conscious or unconscious cues. Terrace and his colleagues at Columbia University had trained a chimpanzee‚ Nim‚ in American Sign Language‚ so their skepticism about the apes’ abilities received much attention. In fact‚ funding for ape language research was sharply reduced following publication of their 1979 article‚ “Can an Ape Create a Sentence?”1

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    Bever (1979) argued that the apes in language experiments were not using language spontaneously‚ but were merely imitating their trainers‚ responding to conscious or unconscious cues. Terrace and his colleagues at Columbia University had trained a chimpanzee‚ Nim‚ in American Sign Language‚ so their skepticism about the apes ’ abilities received much attention. In fact funding for ape language research was sharply reduced following publication of their 1979 article "Can an Ape Create a Sentence?" In

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    (1979) argued that the apes in language experiments were not using language spontaneously but were merely imitating their trainers‚ responding to conscious or unconscious cues. Terrace and his colleagues at Columbia University had trained a chimpanzee‚ Nim‚ in American Sign Language‚ so their skepticism about the apes’ abilities received much attention. In fact‚ funding for ape language research was sharply reduced following publication of

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    The Finding Of Lucy

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    Finding of Lucy Lucy was a 3.2 million old Australopithecus Afarensis skeleton to ever be found. She was found in Ethiopia on November 24 1974. They first spotted the forearm bone and then they found some other parts of her body as well. Only 40% of her bones have been found yet. Lucy’s discovery is very important to the world because it shows everybody how their ancestors might have looked in the past. It is also important because it helps us understand our past and where we came from

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    Human Evolution

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    from the Hominidae family.[3] Bipedalism is the basic adaption of the Hominin line‚ and the earliest bipedal Hominin is considered to be either Sahelanthropus or Orrorin‚ with Ardipithecus‚ a full bipedal‚ coming somewhat later. The gorilla and chimpanzee diverged around the same time‚ about 4-6 million years ago‚ and either Sahelanthropus or Orrorin may be our last shared ancestor with them. The early bipedals eventually evolved into the australopithecines and later the genus Homo.Human evolution

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    same being who lived previously and who can expect to keep living into the future.”(Singer 2008) he goes on to give details of what constitutes personhood by stating that infants are not persons because they have not yet become self-aware‚ but a chimpanzee is a person because it can recognize itself in a mirror. He also states that humans with severe brain damage or someone who is intellectually impaired may have once been a person but is no longer a person. Dr. Singer believes that this is an important

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    Can Animal Think

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    ANIMALS CAN THINK. Student’s name Professor’s name Institution 24th June 2013 Animals can think. Intelligence and competency varies from one individual to another. In animals it is believed that they also have a varying degree of intelligence. It is believed that domestic animals as well as other animals have minds. They have varying level of perception and also their ability to think also varies. According to research done by Davis and Cheeke to investigate whether animal differ

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    his back. He begins to scream. He notices his mother’s grip begin to weaken. He is grabbed and carried away. He is Nim‚ a chimpanzee who has been just been taken from his mother‚ Carolyn. Nim was the seventh child Carolyn has had. He was removed from her for a research project led by Professor Herbe Terrace. This project featured a radical experiment aimed to teach a chimpanzee sign language. Although‚ the documentary Project Nim directed by James Marsh has an objective to present the progress and

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