Great Ape Project

Two of the most distinct features that separate humans from the other great apes are bipedalism and large brain to body size. But how did these features become so prominent? Approximately 6-7million years ago, the hominid lineage began to separate from the other ape species. Tracing the evolutionary history through fossil evidence explains how early hominids evolved to become today’s most prolific primate species. The goal of this paper is to discuss the physical characteristics that indicate…

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…

to other great apes (Dunbar et al., 2009). Given the apparent restriction of self-awareness to the great ape / human clade, it seems likely that a capacity for…

“I am Zitti”: An Autobiography “A primate is a member of a mammal order that includes apes, monkeys, tarsiers and lemurs, the closest relative of humans because they share a common evolutionary descent” (Burnie,2008, para. 1). There are many species of primates, one is apes and the largest of them is Gorilla (Vedder, 2008). My name is Zitti. I am a biologically female Cross river gorilla a subspecies of Western Gorilla (World Wildlife Fund, 2014). Others call me by my scientific name of…

are: servo motor weight , servo strength, power supply, frame, electronic circuitry. 2. Gripping the rope: There are tons of varieties of grippers available in market but most of them are for heavy industries and they are way too expensive for this project. Finding the correct gripper that provides safety, and is cheap was a difficult task. 3. Finding the correct motor: The task could be achieved by using both dc motor and stepper motor too. They would have been a cheaper option but then we…

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…

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…

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…

This essay will be about Pygmy Marmoset and all the little facts you should know about them. I also talk about how their brains were changed but not from evolution but by humans. They also have a little secret about their size if you keep on reading you’ll learn all about them. Pygmy Marmoset is the type of monkey i'll be writing about it's also known as a Pocket Monkey, Little Lion, and the Dwarf Monkey. They are the smallest monkeys known. They weigh less than 5 oz when fully grown. There are…