What makes us human? Are humans really biologically and socially different from the rest of the created world? Is there any special characteristic that separates us from other species or any other forms of life‚ or humans are just an improvement on the body and shape of other animals‚ the processes of millions of years? There were many attempts to answer these questions. As scientists studied the human body and skeleton‚ it helped them to recognize the remain between humans and apes‚ for example
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JANE GOODALL Jane Goodall had long been an idol of mine before I had the opportunity to meet her personally. I have been a member of one of her international Jane-Goodall-Institutes (JGI) for a couple of years now. I have read some of her books and like her idea of teaching children all over the world about environmental conservation and wild animal care so much that I hope to do it personally one day‚ too. As the greatest and most popular scientist of chimpanzees in the world and today also an
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The gorilla is the world’s largest primate. Gorillas are mammals. Young and younger gorillas are called blackbacks. Older males have white hair on their backs and are called silverbacks. Silverbacks gorillas are the most aggressive person in the group. The duty of the silverback gorilla is to protect others from dangerous threats. They can get angry very fast. The males are twice as big as the females (Morgan 2). The name gorrilla means “hairy person” and was first used by an explorer from North
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Studying primate dentition is a relatively old topic. There have been many studies conducted to find more information on primate dental morphology. The research is conducted to try and distinguish the relationship between diet and primate dentition. Primate teeth have several functions‚ but their primary function is the mastication of food. Their dental morphology reflects the various functions demanded by the variety of food types—shearing‚ chopping‚ grinding. Generally‚ incisors function chiefly
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Mary Midgley starts her article‚ "People and Non-Persons" by discussing the trial of two individuals who‚ in 1977‚ set free two dolphins utilized for experimentation purposes by the University of Hawaii’s Institute of Marine Biology. One of the men on trial‚ Kenneth Le Vasseur‚ explained that he released the dolphins because they were suffering from both mental and physical harm. The defense team attempted to use the “choice of evils defense” which allows an individual to choose to commit a crime
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Opinions The work of Jane Goodall has been recognized by many people around the world. Her contributions have been significant in our world today. Although most comments and opinions of her work have been positive‚ there are also people who oppose what she has done as well. She has studied chimpanzees and their behavior since she was of a young age‚ giving plenty of time for opinions to form regarding her as a person and her work as well. The positive opinions of Jane Goodall outweigh
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We humans have many questions like‚ what set us toward the path of Humanity. This documentary Homo sapiens‚ the Birth of Humanities gives us the answer to this question and many others. However‚ not only that‚ but also provide us with many facts that we have never known before. The film produces Rift Valley in Africa 2 million years ago‚ where our first ancestors were found. The cycle/birth of humans began way before that around 1‚300‚000 years when the Homo erectus species really similar to humans
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The monkey‚ which is a completely intelligent creature‚ is not as understood as it should be‚ especially by humans‚ who are so close to the species‚ at least‚ scientifically speaking. Recently‚ PPcorn released an article describing just some of the many ways monkeys are unique and special. Today‚ we will continue our list. Number Eight: They Don’t Swing. We realize the implications of this sort of statement‚ but that is now what we are talking about at all. Monkeys‚ different from apes‚ do not swing
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In The Dietary Adaptations of European Miocene Catarrhines journal report‚ written by researchers Peter S. Ungar and Richard F. 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
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Jane Goodall Major Topics and Research Methods Jane Goodall is a psychologist who studies the relationship between humans and chimpanzees. Jane starts her research by moving to Cape Town in Africa and meeting up with Louis Leaky‚ who hired her to do some research with him. After observing how serious and methodical she was‚ Leaky selected her to do a study of chimps and he obtained the necessary funding for the project. Goodall research methods are very different then most researchers. Goodall
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