Sapajus apella is a scientific name of tufted capuchin and is characterized by its distinct head coloration. Capuchins are New World monkeys that have “long legs and a prehensile tail which helps them to climb and swing through trees” (Richman). Capuchin became known to the public after Dexter‚ a small capuchin monkey‚ appeared in the movie Night at the Museum. People merely refer to this animal as capuchin or monkey‚ but capuchin has a very complex taxonomy and still undergoes constant changes.
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Compare and contrast the social organization of the great apes (chimps‚ bonobos‚ and gorilla’s orangutans) and savannah baboons. What accounts for these differences? The social organization of baboons is one of the most intensely studied of the primates. There is only one defined level of social organization in savanna baboons‚ the stable group of several dozen individuals. This group is defined by tending to not break into any recurring subgroups and not merging with neighboring groups. In Papio
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The Aye-aye is one of the most interesting primates in the world. It is a very unique animal because it has a lot of traits that are specific unto itself. An example of the Aye-aye’s unique traits is that according to National Geographic “Aye-ayes are the only primates thought to use echolocation to find prey.” This is just one of the many unique characteristics that only the Aye-aye possesses. The Aye-aye is threatened by a lot of things that cannot merely decide to stop attacking it. They attack
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because I do not live in Madagascar according to the book. With that being said‚ lemurs could be classified as “Strepsirrhini”‚ as they have a distinctive look with features like their feet‚ claws‚ and their teeth. Lemurs are known to be “the smallest primate”‚ although lemurs used to be bigger‚ they now are smaller due to “the amount of food they need to survive”. Knowingly‚
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Animal testing should no longer be practiced because it is unethical‚ the results can be misleading‚ and alternatives are available. It is widely known animal testing injures and kills many animals each year for the sake of the humans that may use the products. According to preventative medicine/public health specialist Aysha Akhtar‚ worldwide over 15 million animals are used in experimentation and often suffer‚ even though alternatives to animal testing exist. According to ProCon.org‚ “animals
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evaluated in some common laboratory species‚ including rats (Rattus)‚ and pigeons (Columbia)‚ and non-human primates (NHPs; Macaca‚ Pan‚ Pongo‚ Saguinus‚ and Saimiri)…These findings suggest that self-control may be limited to Old World NHPs (apes and Old World monkeys). Tool use‚ however‚ is a behavior seen frequently in both Old World and New World NHPs…Therefore‚ this New World primate species may exhibit a level of self-control comparable to that seen in Old World monkeys and apes‚ if tested
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something like our intelligence‚ or that we communicate with each other and they do not. Social brain hypothesis is a proposal that strives to explain that in comparison to all vertebrates‚ the primates have naturally larger brain size to the body mass. This theory goes ahead to demonstrate that the primates acquire the wider brains as a result of their struggle to manage their complex social systems. According to La Mattrie the human being has always tried to understand it in reference to animals
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interest areas as well”(Bonvillain 2006:8). The subfield of biological anthropology‚ or physical‚ focuses on the physical development of humans and our primate relatives throughout history. Augustin Fuentes said that anthropology is “the discipline that studies human and nonhuman primates in all their aspects”(Fuentes 2012:15). The nonhuman primates that he was referring to are monkeys‚ apes‚ and prosimians. Another subfield of anthropology is cultural anthropology. “Cultural anthropology focuses
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to show up in non-human communities as well‚ specifically in primates. The definition that I learned in class on the 5th of September includes any “group specific behavior transmitted non-genetically for reasons other than genetics or ecology” (King 2012). While the idea of culture may span multiple fields of anthropology‚ I find it extremely important to biological anthropology in order study the use of tools among non-human primates. This aspect of the topic answers the question‚ “Is language
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state of Simians‚ one could still strongly argue that ego was present. No historical record or book that holds the history of their beginning‚ but using facts that have been uncovered over time and research on primates of today one can infer that ego worked in the same way back then. The primates of today let their egos decided who will be the dominant of the group‚ meaning one could accurately
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