Chimpanzee

anthropologists came up with is that animals and chimps acquire culture through “social transmission mechanism”, according to “Cultures in Chimpanzees” written by Andrew Whiten et al. Finally, a third definition(s) that anthropologists has come up with is that culture within chimpanzee communities are acquired socially but, due to it being acquired socially there is always a possible chance that culture will evolve as chimpanzees acquire new practices. In addition to the third definition, anthropologists also proposed that culture “is based on shared meanings between members of the same group or society” (Boesch 83). Though there are other definitions out there, Christophe Boesch, argues a good point and expands further on the definition that chimps acquire culture through social interactions. Through many research, all anthropologists and scientists primarily focuses on the culture of tool use and social behaviors within chimpanzee communities. Inheritance exists within any type of communities, whether it be within animal communities or human communities there exists a certain type of inheritance that animals and humans receive and that includes culture. Andrew Whiten proposed that culture within chimpanzee communities are acquired through social inheritance. Whiten through research and studies have concluded that “[c]himpanzees have accumulated many traditions, but each remains sufficiently simple that there is little scope for it to have developed significant complexity…

Chimpanzees are closely related to humans, in fact, chimpanzees and humans share 94% of their DNA. In addition, adult males can reach up to 6 feet tall and weight approximately 150 pounds. In this paper you are going to read and analyze how chimpanzees share multiple similarities with the human being, beginning with their family and reproductive relationships to the way they obtain food. Chimpanzees have one of the most organized and complex social societies within the animal kingdom.…

The chimpanzee and another ape, the bonobo, are humans' closest living relatives. These three species look alike in many ways, both in body and behavior. As our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos have been widely used as models of the behavior of early hominids. In recent years, as information on the social behavior and ecology of bonobos has come to light, many interspecific comparisons have been made. Molecular studies indicate that humans, chimpanzees and bonobos are very…

While research shows that the navicular and talus are ape-like, the calcaneocuboid articulation resembles that of a modern human (Harcourt-Smith et al., 2004). This is a very distinct morphological change in the foot of a chimpanzee to the foot of Homo sapiens sapiens, and reinforces that chimpanzees are a proxy for pre-hominin ancestors. The medial column is ape-like, with no arch like in modern humans, showing that the arch discovered in A. afarensis continued in other Homo species rather than…

Call and Tomaello (2008) were involved in a new study on chimpanzees called the food competition paradigm. These experiments centred on the interactions between a submissive and dominant chimpanzee in the presence of food. With both chimpanzees at opposite sides of a room and food placed in the centre, a number of conditions which either enhanced or reduced line of sight to the other chimpanzee were constructed. Given the established roles between the two, it was expect the subordinate…

Fern’s reintroduction to the chimpanzee once again reveals another part of animal behavior; despite previous notions of societies structured by dominance and instinct, Fern is at the top of the social hierarchy. In the scientific community, apes such as bonobos are characterized by a “continual and casual sexual congress.” (150) Dr. Sosa, one of Rosemary’s professors, states that “the lowest-status male was higher than the highest-status female” (148). Dr. Sosa was eager to establish that…

The evolution of human beings has been a major research area with controversy being whether human beings evolved from the chimpanzee. Based on various theories and research reports that have been presented, scientists believe that a common ancestor to humans existed about 5 to 8 million years ago (Drake, 2015). It is believed that humans evolved from the modern apes such as the gorillas and the chimpanzees more than the monkeys. In the quest to find out the real answers regarding the origin of…

strange and unfamiliar: the environment, the people, and the surroundings. I can’t communicate with my family, I can’t socialize with my friends, and I can’t even exhibit my natural behaviors and be myself. I am a chimpanzee in a research center. For decades, medical research on chimpanzees has been justified through the similar justification for slavery- a “necessary evil” used to advance medicine and science. Pulled away from their natural environments, these chimpanzees are forced to live in…

two million years ago when the Congo River formed (Prufer, 2012). While the separation between the Homo and Pan lineages occurred some time ago, their genetic makeup, social interactions, and reproductive patterns create for a strong link between the three species. Humans, chimpanzees, and bonobos are alike in many ways, both in body and behavior. It is their DNA, though, that allowed scientists to discover how closely related the species actually are. Humans share roughly 99% of their DNA…

The intelligent and aggressive species known as the chimpanzee is recognized as the most closely related animal to humans in the world. At one time it was believed that gorillas and chimps were the most closely related, until new technologies were developed resulting in the finding that humans share a massive 99% of our DNA with these creatures. Chimpanzees are classified in the genus known as Pan, along with the species bonono, but not with humans. Humans are classified in their own genus known…