Common Chimpanzee

According to Richard Dawkins, humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor that appeared about 6 million of years ago. The fact of having a common ancestor with chimpanzees does not mean that humans are descended from these animals. Researchers have affirmed that between all the animals that constitute the apes, humans are more closely related to chimpanzee because of anatomy and genetic comparisons. The human species evolved gradually, and chimpanzees and/or apes did not. Humans and apes are…

Theodore a two year old chimpanzee sits in a cage while he watches other chimps week by week get taken out of their cages and some never returning. Today is a different day for Theodore, for he will be taken out of his cage. As Theodore sits in his cage, a woman wearing a long white coat picks Theodore up and carries him to a room filled with other people wearing long white coats. Little does Theodore know that he is about to be used in an experiment that could lead to his death. Animal…

pinpointing how pubic lice developed. However, historical and archaeological evidence demonstrate that crab louse evolved from the similar gorilla louse, Pthirus gorillae (BioMed Central, 2009). Through genetic research on the mitochondrial genome of the chimpanzee louse, researchers found that a single mini-chromosome had fragmented into three sections in the lineage of ectoparasites, which includes head lice, body lice, and pubic lice about 3.3 million years ago (Herd, Barker, Shao, 2015).…

Chimpanzees are thought to be the closest living relatives to humans, as they have a similar genetic blueprint, sharing nearly 99 percent of DNA and a common ancestor (the African ape). According to new research published in the National Primatology journal, studies have identified regions of the human genome that have changed the most since chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes) and humans (Homo Sapiens) have evolved. The recent study conducted by Primatologist Vanessa Mayor and her team of researchers…

The concept of language, communicating with written or spoken words, is a primary characteristic of humanity. It is one of several characteristics that separates humans from every other animal on Earth, who lack the ability to communicate verbally and instead rely on gestures. In Pierre Boule’s Planet of the Apes, the apes are the species with the ability to communicate verbally with each other using language, while the human species on the planet relies on gestures to communicate similarly to…

would mean that aging the Turkana Boy would depend on what age system one is going by. After reviewing the information gathered from Turkana Boy, it was understood that Turkana Boy’s growth would not reflect that of a modern human, but more of a chimpanzee counterpart. This also adds to the theory of evolution, suggesting that while similarities between the two, bring modern humans and primates closer than previously known. (Townsley) Turkana Boy was closely resembled to humans, structure wise.…

Some believe that all animals and humans should have equal consideration in all matters because animals have shown to be as intelligent as some human beings. While they do have much in common, like the necessity of food, water, and shelter, animals and humans have one distinct difference that should prevent us from erasing the diversity between the species. This essential difference makes it so that humans and animals cannot be compared, and that while they, in theory, should have the same…

A recent observational study have reported the stone gathering and throwing chimpanzee in zoo suggest humans are not the only ones who can plan for future. In Osvath’s (2010) study, they observed repeated episodes of male chimpanzee named Santino, making piles of stone and picking up a stone and chuck it toward the crowd, causing it to disperse. They found that Santino plans ahead for how he will react to the visitors’ approach to his compound, and that is inconsistent with interpretations that…

Scientists are often called upon to answer fundamental questions about human variation and its ramifications. While it is easy to get caught up in the idea of being so vastly genetically similar to our ape-like relatives, the assumptions underlying genetic data have more significance than the data itself. This can be seen when studying genetic and behavioral parallels of apes and humans, and how each affects the other with regards to phenotypic similarity. For all of its grandeur, a DNA sequence…

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…