Angoon On October 26th, 1882 Angoon Alaska was shelled and burned by the US Navy after a dispute and alleged hostage situation. The Shaman of the Tlingit tribe was taken on a whale boat where a harpoon gun exploded, killing the medicine man of the tribe. The tribe mourned for 4 days after they received the news, they did nothing. After the monstrosity, the tribe only asked for 200 blankets and an apology from the US Navy, what they received was $90,000 from Congress.…
The remains of a skeleton were found on Octavia St in Narrabeen, January 2005. Testing of the skeleton revealed that it was that of an Aboriginal man from 4000 years ago. Narrabeen Man, had five small sharp bone points lodged in his spine as well as a head injury caused by an axe. Experts said that Narrabeen Man was not buried but was probably…
Male orcas have a lifespan of about 60 to 70 years while female orcas can live for 90 years, but those held in captivity see an average of nine years. It is not uncommon to see orcas with collapsed dorsal fins. Most orcas held in captivity are ill and as a result their dorsal fin begins to bend. On top of the terrible living space, the trainers that work with the orcas have limited knowledge in marine biology. The trainers are performers not biologists, their job is to put on a good show not to educate the public.…
Chief Sitting Bull was the Chief of the Sioux Indian tribe. He was born in the river valley. River Valley is now known as South Dakota. When he was young he was associated with the little wars between different tribes such as, the Crow and Assiniboine tribes. Before he became chief, in his earlier years he had many nicknames such as Jumping Badger.…
Long ago in the Dreamtime here were two tribes. They had been battling for many years and were fighting over the fertile lands next to the water where the food was good. As the lands in the west became bare both tribes went looking for food. They both arrived in what is now Illawarra. The Oodgeroo Tribe claimed that it was their land while the Noonuccal tribe said that they were there first.…
The Wampanoag Indians lived in the East along the shore where the sun rises, and during those time their population bloom in numbers. Over hundreds of years, ships would come by the shore to scout and stuff, but never formed relationship with the Native American. During 1617 to 1619 an epidemic swept through New England, an alien disease left from European people who had come by previously that devastated the Wampanoag. The Wampanoag interpreted it as an invasion of hostile spiritual power. Weaken by the epidemic, they lived in fear of their rivals, and was of urgent need of alliances.…
Only about 25% of the country of Darwin is electrified. For those who are not on the electric grid, lighting is primarily done by kerosene lamps and homemade candles. Kerosene fuel can cost as much as 50 cents a night, a substantial amount of money considering most Haitians only make about 2 dollars a day. Besides cost, kerosene also has many negative health risks, specifically harmful fumes and the risk of broken glass and fire. Due to these factors, many Haitians do not have much if any space lighting in their homes at night.…
Evolutionary Relationships of Hominin Species In the study of human evolution, the timeframe that a specific species appeared and lived is a very important aspect to better understand how modern-day humans developed. The oldest of the species in the chart above is Australopithecus afarensis. Australopithecus afarensis appeared roughly 3.85 - 2.95 million years ago; while it more closely resembled an ape, the evolutionary development into modern humans was beginning. Australopithecus afarensis had more humanlike teeth, the canines were smaller than those found in modern apes and the jaw shape was somewhere between the rectangular shape found in apes and the parabolic shape found in humans.…
The long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821) is the most widespread primate after humans and rhesus macaques. The monkey distributed across Southeast Asia throughout from Bangladesh to Nicobar islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, through the islands of the Philippine and Indonesia (Umapathy et al., 2003). Long tailed macaque occupying natural habitats include evergreen forests, mangrove forests, swamps and riparian forests (Ong and Richardson, 2008). In this present the monkey almost successful occupying in human-dominated landscape such as cities, towns, villages and temples (Aggimarangsee, 2013).…
The Evolution in Primate Locomotion and Body Configuration One of the most important parts of the primate evolution is when the primates changed in body structure and locomotion. Although some may say that the origin of the human bipedalism is a persistent mystery (Gebo 1996); however, the evolution of bipedalism began in order to survive through climate changes, be able to hunt their food and get away from danger in order to survive. Primate locomotion can be classified into four major types: vertical clinging and leaping, quadrupedalism, brachiating and bipedalism (Groves, 2014). Over the millions of years, primates have been adapting to the changing environment therefore improving the structure of their bodies and speed (“Evolution…
Los Angeles Zoo Primates Our day at the zoo simply started with the objective of completing our visit, by seeing at least one each of the primates of each category around the zoo. That was quickly discarded considering that amount of information that the zoo provided for us about each individual creature. Because of the way that the zoo was structured we were unable to simply follow a particular order in which the animals were categorized. We visited all the different primates (as much as we could possibly see in our time there) and simply observed them each and photograph their actions behaviors and appearance along with potential eats and actives that may undergo on a daily base. Organizing the visits based on categories made it easier to structure and understand why it is that each type of primate belongs to that group.…
Orca whales, also known as killer whales, should not be kept in captivity. Since 1961, hundreds of orca whales have been taken from their natural habitat and placed into captivity at aquariums and aquatic parks around the world for the sake of public displays, theatrical shows, and business profit. To date, more than 127 captured orcas have died (Whale and Dolphin Conservation, n.d., figure 3). The capturing and confinement of orca whales is clearly unethical and inhumane. It poses a significant threat to the health, safety and well-being of these highly intelligent animals.…
Rocky an 11 year old Orangutan was making noises that were never ever heard before by a human. Rocky has been around humans ever since he was born so they think he learned it by hearing someone say something that sounded like it before. Rob Shumaker director of the Indianapolis Zoo had never heard this sound before from an Orangutan. Four years ago Rob and some colleagues from Europe joined together at Indianapolis Zoo to do some research on Rocky they tested his voice so they would be able to tell if he could control his voice to imitate humans. The research turned out positive the 11 year old Orangutan was able to control his voice box better than what scientist once thought.…
My two out of three APE visits was on Challenger Middle School (CMS) at San Diego. Throughout the three visits, I had the opportunity to shadow and learn from Mrs. Linde Forte, an APE teacher of 19 years. I learned two different types of classroom structures and had the opportunity to observe the interactions of many students. Before my first visit, Mrs. Forte explained via email how she primarily works in a push-in model, where she along with her staff works with the general PE teacher to incorporate their students into the mainstream PE class.…
Hominids are humans and their bipedal relatives; hominid evolution has taken many years of looking for fossils to discover the modern humans past. There has been many scientific research and development done in order to find more about the modern human’s ancestors. Hominid evolution is a lengthy process of change occurring for millions of years. Modern humans, also known as Homo sapiens, are the only surviving species of the genus Homo. Three important ancestors that share close relationships and characteristics with Homo sapiens are Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo Neanderthalensis.…