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Culture is a society’s shared and socially transmitted ideas and characteristics used to generate behavior and reflect behavior and other primates besides humans, like gorillas, chimps, and orangutans do, in fact, have culture. Chimps copy each other into adulthood developing cultural behaviors by imitating their peers and research on gorillas, chimps and orangutans have shown they use tools, communicate with each other and even mourn the deaths of each other. This research paper will explain…

One trait that defers between humans and monkey, chimpanzees, and Bonobo's is the size and structure of the pelvic bone and sacrum size. When we look at a human pelvis the sacrum is large and wide in a circle/oval shape, the pelvic structure is thicker in bone size as well as the top of the pelvis has a bigger butterfly effect to it. The Bonobo and monkey pelvis on the other hand is much smaller in both the pelvis shape and sacrum shape. One of the biggest differences is how at the bottom of…

Laneicea Hughes Psychology 102-011 Psych Paper 1 22 September, 2017 Reflections on Mirror Neurons Mirroring neurons has been closely observed in the primate species, some which are mammals in the group based on morphological traits. These traits are based on the behavioral traits, geographical distribution, and the deoxyribonucleic acid. The author's main point is that mirroring neurons allows humans and animals to act and observes actions performed by another. The…

For this learning assignment, I went to the Pittsburgh Zoo and decided to observe the Lemur exhibit. Lemurs are native to Madagascar. Most lemurs live their lives in trees, but some also live on the ground. Their tails are longer than their body. They have pseudo-opposing thumbs and long toes so that they can climb and hold on to things. Their approximate life span is about eighteen years. Lemurs cannot hang by their tail, which is a common myth. Grooming and socializing is part of their…

People have a fascination with monkeys and the interest in monkeys is generally due to the similarities they share. What's more interesting is the differences between different categories of monkeys; Old World monkeys and New World monkeys. It’s interesting that many differences arise between Old World monkeys and New World monkeys from generation to generation. Differences such as their anatomy, geography and group sizes are found in each subgroup. The struggle with distinguishing New World…

The Social Climbers In the animal kingdom monkeys are one of the most intelligent beings that reside here on planet earth. From their opposable thumbs to their large brains that improves their cognitive ability and overall inquisitiveness makes them quite incredible creatures. One of the monkeys that was depicted within the video “The Social Climbers” was that of the Pygmy Marmoset. This incredible creature is said to be the smallest monkey at all. The Pigmy is so small that their size…

1.1 Concept of robot: After studying various methods to climb a rope or rod, we came to conclude that a coconut tree climbers method was the best suited for the job. It resembles the motion of a sloth. It uses both pairs of its limbs (fore limbs and hind limbs) to climb a rope and a tree. It moves both its hind limbs in one step and then both its fore limbs in another. Each pair of limbs acts as a gripper. Only one pair of limbs is used at a time for gripping the tree (while in motion) while…

We as humans are much more similar to chimpanzees than we believe. While reading through the book by Jane Goodall, “Through a Window, My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe”, I noticed many references as to why humans and chimpanzees can be of comparison with one another. Another source that I got information about chimpanzees and them being so similar to humans is the video clip watched in class, “Monkey in the Mirror”, this video explains the cognitive learning of chimpanzees and it…

Colobus Guereza Suborder: Halporhini Superfamily: Cercopithecidae Family: Colobinae Colobus Guereza, or the Mantled Guereza, is a member of the Colobinae family, which contains Old World, leaf-eating monkeys. We chose the species for a couple reasons. First, its mantle of white long, white hair, which is distinct and the source of its name. Second, it is one of the only Colobinae species present in US zoos. The Mantled Guereza is endemic to Equitorial Africa. It can be found in forests,…

The Daintree is one of the only habitats for the endangered Southern Cassowary. There are a lot of cassowaries in the Daintree. the Echidna has a wide distribution of its kind, including the tropical rainforest. the Echidna has strong, sharp spines over the body, and strong, short legs with long claws for digging, and a long sticky tongue for feeding. It feeds on ants, TERMITES and beetle larvae from the soil. Beetles are very important in the rainforest for decomposition.There are a large…