Common Chimpanzee

opposable thumbs! We also use them in pretty much the same ways, as you will see when information about behavioral similarities is given. But first, another point that leads towards humans evolving from apes are genetic similarities. Both the human and chimpanzee genomes have been sequenced. When scientists compared the two they discovered the two were 96% the same. Most of the differences were due to duplications of some of the genes. If you ignore the duplications then chimps and humans are…

Male aggression against females and male aggression against males shows us considerable variation among the primates. In many primates, the aggression is rare, mild, or limited and in some cases, it can get violent and cause huge fights with serious injuries. They are so many theories that involve in the evolution of violence. Darwin’s theory of natural selection argued that violent behavior in species just like other physical characteristics passed on to the future generations. How these traits…

express the state of modernity. In the room, “[s]unlight was lying in great pools on the blue cork floor and the soft rugs, patterned with strange beasts” (West 5). These “strange beasts” include a “loved print of the snarling tiger”, a teddy bear, a chimpanzee, a “woolly white dog”, and a “black cat with eyes that roll” (5). Modern life has…

In the study of evolution one time in history that is very closely looked at is exactly when humans arose in the world. There are certain characteristics that have to be met in order for something to be considered “human.” The question is when where all of those characteristics met? In these evolutionary studies the Neanderthals and the Denisovans come into conversation. Scientist ask if these organisms could be considered “human?” They try to answer this by studying how they lived, when they…

achieve actual legal rights for animals however; the legal rights are limited to certain animals. The animals that this project focuses on are chimpanzees, elephants, dolphins and whales these animals are seen as “smart” animals to society. What’s common with these animals is that some if not most of them are used for human entertainment as well as for medical purposes. Looking closely at the home page those animals are the main ones, this organization doesn’t focus on other animals that are…

we get to be the deciding factor. The deciding factor that we are given is called our free will, that God has given us so we do not end up like those robots, and this is also why predestination is flawed. Per Hasle says the main problem to predestination “is whether God died for all men, or for ‘the Elect’” (339). The meaning Per is asking of that is that in the Bible Jesus died for all men’s sins not just the select few and the ones that are damned to hell will never get their sins forgiven.…

a mistreatment and abuse of animals dignity and respect, including our closest species relatives, apes. Apes, even though being our closest relatives, are also used to test various types of disease like such as cancer and HIV, two of one the most common harmful diseases and incurable. This form of treatment and testing to animal beings can be considered one of the most accurate ways to test diseases, but abusing the respect and dignity towards animal beings has become an inexcusable act towards…

The human-animal relationship has evolved after a long evolutionary history based upon mutual benefits. Such benefits still exist today, particularly for humans. However, the benefits in modern society go beyond those associated with the animal’s original purpose, which leads to relationship inequalities. This stems from the conflicting interests of humans and animals, where the benefits to one rarely occur without detriment to the other. The fact that these benefits are usually only short term,…

Lori Gruen 's "Captive Kin" takes a look at what it must be like to be held captive. She asks the reader to examine whether imprisoning apes or humans does harm to them even though they may deserve captivity as a punishment. She goes on to explore whether animals engage in autonomous behaviors, not by verbalization, but by non-language behaviors. Lastly the author brings to light the need to hold some animals’ captive due to the moral implications of releasing them back to the wild. In “Captive…

When we see a type violence occur in front of us we have an immediate reaction to it whether it is in disgust, appreciation, or fear. Nixon gives us the definition of “slow violence”, which is what I will discuss, slow violence is “…a violence that occurs gradually and out of sight, a violence of delayed destruction that is dispersed across time and space, an attritional violence that is typically not viewed as violence at all” (2). In the article “Slow violence” written by Nixon and “Boundary…