Kay‚ the findings show that the European Miocene apes varied greatly in their dietary consumption in comparison to modern apes. This was done by Ungar and Fay analyzing the development of the molar shearing crest found in the jaws of Miocene hominid specimens found in Europe. One helpful piece of information that helped shaped this research is knowing how folivorous apes shape their jaws versus knowing how frugivorous ones do it. Herbivorous apes that specialize in eating only leaves demonstrate
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Planet Venus and Earth are often called twins because they are similar in size‚ mass‚ density‚ composition and gravity. However‚ the similarities end there. [Photos of Venus‚ the Mysterious Planet Next Door] Venus is the hottest world in the solar system. Although Venus is not the planet closest to the sun‚ its dense atmosphere traps heat in a runaway version of the greenhouse effect that warms up the Earth. As a result‚ temperatures on Venus reach 870 degrees F (465 degrees C)‚ more than hot
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Apes and Language: A Chicago Style Sample Paper Karen Shaw English 214 Professor Bell March 22‚ 2001 Shaw 2 Apes and Language: A Literature Review Over the past thirty years‚ researchers have demonstrated that the great apes (chimpanzees‚ gorillas‚ and orangutans) resemble humans in language abilities more than had been thought possible. Just how far that resemblance extends‚ however‚ has been a matter of some controversy. Researchers agree that the apes have acquired fairly large vocabularies
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Apes and Language: A Review of the Literature By Karen Shaw For Professor Dyer ’s Class March 2‚ 2005 Over the past 30 years researchers have demonstrated that the great apes (chimpanzees gorillas and orangutans) resemble humans in language abilities more than had been thought possible. Just how far that resemblance extends however has been a matter of some controversy. Researchers agree that the apes have acquired fairly large vocabularies in American Sign Language and in artificial languages
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of the Planet of the Apes‚ is a sequel‚ to a prequel‚ to a reboot‚ of The Planet of the Apes franchise (get all that?). The original Planet of the Apes movie released in 1968 was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner‚ about how in the future humans were replaced by apes as top dog on earth‚ and humans were stooped down to wild dumb animals like apes used to be. This film was rebooted twice‚ the second reboot being a prequel to how apes ended up taking over called Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Dawn of
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Explorer Vocabulary: astronomical unit‚ dwarf planet‚ eccentricity‚ ellipse‚ gas giant‚ Kepler’s laws‚ orbit‚ orbital radius‚ period‚ planet‚ solar system‚ terrestrial planet Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. List all of the planets you can think of in our solar system. Try to list them in order from closest to farthest from the Sun. _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Which planets are most like Earth? Which are most different
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limits of our solar system there is a planet unlike any other‚ Pluto. Pluto was discovered in February of 1930 by an American astronomer‚ Clyde Tombaugh. It is the only planet to have been discovered by an American. All though we have known of the existence of Pluto for over thirty years now‚ there are still many mysteries surrounding this celestial body. Being the farthest planet has made it difficult to study Pluto‚ Adding to the obscurity of this strange planet is that the capability to send spacecraft
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All planets except Mercury and Venus have at least one moon. Saturn has the greatest number of moons—18. In 1995‚ the Hubble Space Telescope detected what appeared to be four additional moons of Saturn; however‚ that discovery has yet to be confirmed. Planet | Number of Moons | Names of Moons | Mercury | 0 | | Venus | 0 | | Earth | 1 | The Moon (sometimes called Luna) | Mars | 2 | Phobos‚ Deimos | | Jupiter | 16* | Metis‚ Adrastea‚ Amalthea‚ Thebe‚ Io‚ Europa‚ Ganymede‚ Callisto
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Ape Genius The movie I watched was Ape Genius on PBS. It was a documentary about what separates us humans from our close relatives‚ the apes. Before watching this movie‚ I honestly never found anything interesting about apes at all. I thought they were weird looking animals who just liked to pick at each other all day and eat. However‚ after watching this‚ my perspective on these creatures drastically changed. After seeing the way they interest with humans and how smart and social they are‚ I realized
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Skill – Reading Comprehension Name: _________________________ Is Pluto a Planet? By: National Geographic Kids (Adapted by Have Fun Teaching) Many people are saying that Pluto is no longer a planet. Are they right? Is Pluto no longer a planet? There’s debate in the scientific world about this issue. National Geographic News says that‚ according to the International Astronomical Union‚ a full-fledged planet is an object that orbits the sun and is large enough to have become round due to the
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