selective pressures. To understand why humans and apes are alike‚ one must understand why they are the way they are. Selective
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which are properties of language‚ are exclusively human or can they be found in other creatures communications. For each of the features‚ the communication of wild apes‚ trained apes and humans will be compared. This will not be based solely on vocal communication‚ but explore the research into signing and ‘pointing’ apes (apes using symbols on a keyboard‚ Aitchison‚ 2008). The first reason to discuss this‚ is because human language is not restricted to vocal communication: we can use sign language
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Old World monkey or a New World monkey‚ but excluding apes and humans. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal‚ although there are species that live primarily on the ground‚ such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes‚ monkeys usually have tails. Tailless monkeys may be called "apes"‚ incorrectly according to modern usage; thus the tailless Barbary macaque is called the "Barbary ape". The New World monkeys (superfamily Ceboidea) are
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Primate Behavior The animal that most resembles us is the ape. At the zoo‚ it is easy to observe behavioral and facial expressions in monkeys and apes that are very much similar to our own. A group of apes could very well seem like a family. A mother taking care of her young may seem familiar to the human onlooker. This is because the ape is our closest living relative. In the documentary Primate Behavior‚ anthropologists observe the behavior of monkeys and primates. The primates are mostly observed
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walking upright on two legs‚ our hands has five fingers‚ the size of our brain and teeth‚ and what makes us a unique species. Our animal ancestors have shaped our body structure in many ways‚ we humans have a lot in common than you might think with apes‚ reptiles and even fish. In the video In Your Inner Fish‚ Neil Shubin want us to see there is a connection between our bodies and the rest of life on a planet. He reveals the story of human evolution by tracing many parts of our body’s structure to
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The gorilla is the largest great ape. They have two scientific names‚ which is gorilla gorilla and gorilla beringei. They are also divided into four subspecies‚ which are western lowland gorilla‚ cross-river gorilla‚ eastern lowland gorilla‚ and mountain gorilla. The sex of a gorilla is easily determined by their size; usually the males are twice as heavy and big as the females (Regenstein Center for Great apes – Exhibit). They also have a quadruped‚ brachiator and terrestrial locomotion. In the
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Lucy’s skeleton has so many different characteristics which involve both traits of ape and traits of modern humans. Evidence shown from Australopithecus Afarensis has enough information to persuade one that she is the missing link of human evolution. A missing link is something that exists in between two forms. For Lucy to be seen as the missing link she must have equal characteristics of both species of apes and humans. “Transitional fossils” are the fossilised remains of intermediary forms
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Apes are one of the most sophisticated creatures on the face of the Earth. From their advanced means of communication to their ability to craft a variety of useful tools‚ these attributes not only let them thrive in a prehistoric humanistic way‚ but also rule the animal kingdom. Despite their rich intellect the general public see apes as nothing more than feeble-minded‚ rabid beasts‚ some not even able to distinguish the former from monkeys‚ who are distinctly different species. Scientists‚ on the
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obviously shares a common ancestry with the modern apes‚ such as the gorilla and chimpanzee. We know this from the many characteristics that are shared between apes and man. Apart from obvious anatomical and behavioral similarities‚ the two groups also have many blood proteins and other biochemical characteristics in common. A comparison of the skulls of a gorilla and a modern man illustrate the main trends that have taken place in human evolution from an ape-like ancestry. But apart from the skull‚ there
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The dystopian film‚ 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick journeys the galaxy during the commencement of the earth. During this enthralling journey comes the development of apes‚ which ignite the idea of the evolution of the most insolent species to ever roam the planet—humans. Now man has to prepare for the evolution of extreme intelligence—technology. Hal is an artificial intelligence that was created by Dave and Frank to help man with tasks easier and efficiently in the spaceship Discovery
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