characteristics of the human brain requires studying the brain of other living primate species. In other words‚ a specific evolutionary change in the human brain cannot be inferred to be unique to the human lineage unless other species sharing a last common ancestor don’t have it. That being said‚ Rilling emphasizes the role of comparative neuroimaging to investigate the similarities and differences between human and non-human primate brains‚ and highlights the different imaging techniques that have been
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Test Two Study Guide I. Primates A. Characteristics 1. Non human primates are very intelligent 2. Give human test and they do well 3. Gorillas are gentle and peaceful and don’t eat meat but they can rip you to pieces if they get mad 4. Chimpanzees are mean very aggressive and very strong and when they snap they will literally rip your face off 5. 4 different groups of Primates i. Prosimians ii. New World Monkeys iii. Old World Monkeys iv. Apes B. Taxonomy: Proposed Changes
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A Zoo for a Primate Observation 11/15/2012 For this paper I decided to visit Zoo Atlanta to observe lowland gorillas. I got to the zoo at around eleven in the morning and found out the feeding times for the gorillas. Once I found them‚ after watching them for a little while I selected the most active group to go watch during feeding. The point of this trip was to make me feel as if I was doing a field laboratory observation of primate social behavior
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Primate socio-ecology varies and has different determinants that decide many different characteristics. As a virtual paleontologist‚ we discovered two different sites and skeletal remains in Kenya and deductively reasoned their mating habits‚ group size‚ and several other characteristics about the Praeanthropus dimorphicus and the Praeanthropus monomorphicus with what I know about primate socio-ecology. Based on my prior knowledge‚ logic‚ and reasoning‚ by looking at skeletal remains we are able
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Nonhuman Primate Research Assignment The Nonhuman Primate Research Assignment helped me better understand the diverse characteristics and tendencies of primates. Not only did it assist in delivering vast knowledge but gave me a better appreciation for zoos. The zoo I chose was the Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens. It was an enjoyable experience as I went with my family and became a family bonding trip. Being one of the first to enter the zoo‚ I loved the calm‚ quiet atmosphere as most of the
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the Survey of Primates film we watched in class. The film describes the basic characteristics of primates‚ illustrates the geographic locations and regions of their various primate forms. The movie also describes the various adaptations in which primates had evolved from in based on their location in the world‚ and also briefly describes types of behavioral and the social adaptions on primates’ relation towards humans. The film starts off by stating that the subspecies of primates are apes‚ monkeys
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Why Are Primates So Smart? Primates can be defined as the most developed order of mammals. All Primates are classified into one taxonomic order‚ which divides into two major suborders that differentiate physically from each other after taking different evolutionary lines. The lower primates prosimii commonly called prosimians‚ meaning "pre-monkey"‚ was the first suborder to evolve and includes animals such as lemurs‚ lorises‚ etc. Anthropoidea was the subsequent suborder to evolve‚ 90% of anthropoidea
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Primates‚ like humans have hands‚ feet and a brain. There are certain characteristics that defines a primate. The first trait is color vision. Although humans are capable of distinguishing a spectrum of color‚ other primates fail to do so because they are colorblind. Specifically‚ they cannot see the color red. As time passed by‚ color vision has evolved for primates. Unlike before‚ they have the ability to pick out red and orange fruit to eat for themselves. Another trait is grasping hands. It helps
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size and bipedalism. Humans‚ like other primates are considered as Order Primates in the Hominidae family and therefore are a prime example of taxonomy when the two diverged into different species. During taxonomy when humans diverged from their ancestors 6 to 7 million years ago‚ the result is the differences such as walking upright‚ brain size and overall skeletal structure are prominent due to the divergence of humans and other primates. Although primates and humans both share many anatomical‚
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To compare the distinctive features of primate parenting‚ we first need to know what they are. Primate parenting features including‚ feeding their offspring‚ along with teaching them vital skills in order for them to obtain their own food. An example of this would be the variety of tool using‚ or culture‚ used by several primates (using rocks to crack open nuts‚ or using a branch to get ants and consume them) not only demonstrate the learning ability of these creatures‚ but also the importance that
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