Hominidae

Australopithecus Afarensis Species and Their Existence Humans are a species of hominidae. A hominid is any one of a family, hominidae, of mammals that includes humans with their extinct ancestral forms. Hominids evolved from each other. Humans have evolved over the millions of years from the first hominid. One of the hominid species that humans have evolved from is the Australopithecus Afarensis. A classification of an Australopithecus Afarensis is a Southern Ape. This species is a vertebra and a primate. The Australopithecus Afarensis have similar characteristics with humans, homosapeaons, while having their own ape like characteristics and way of life. This species was discovered in 1974 and was formally named in 1978 after a wave of fossil discoveries were found. These fossils did not match any known fossils or families, so the species was given the name Australopithecus Afarensis from the location they were found. One of the famous fossils found in this wave was named “Lucy”. The average height for males of this…

The Western Lowland Gorilla are native to central Africa and usually inhabits lowland swamps, mountainous forest, ancient woodlands, and second growth forest. They are warm blooded animals and are members of Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, and Hominidae. They are also members of the Gorilla geneus and Ggorilla species. Male Western Lowland Gorillas are generally between 1.5 to 1.8 meters, and their weight ranges from 140-270 kilograms. Females are smaller and lighter than their male counterparts.…

My favorite non human primate is the chimpanzee. This is my favorite primate because it is the most similar to human beings, sharing up to ninety-eight point eight percent of our genetic make up. Chimpanzees tend to live in African rain forests, woodlands, and grasslands. Even though they usually walk on all fours, they can stand upright and walk and their two back legs just as human beings do. Chimpanzees and humans fall into the same kingdom (Animalia), phylum (Chordata), class (Mammalia),…

What does it mean to be human? This is a question that many philosophers ask. Humans are classified as hominidae (The Great Apes), because 98.5 - 99.4% of the DNA between Humans and chimpanzees are similar. Which makes chimpanzees, “our closest living relative”. Humans are not the only biological species to have personalities, minds, and feelings. But what makes humans different from the rest? Humans are able to express themselves and communicate in a more complex language, have a way of…

Nicholas Pagano 12 November 2015 TA Elias Capello Friday 9:05-9:55 Anthropology 103 Australopithecus afarensis Named by Donald Johanson & Tim White in 1978 I. Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Hominidae Subfamily: Hominidae Genus: Australopithecus Species: A. afarensis II. Physical Characteristics The Australopithecus afarensis without a doubt had both ape and human features. Just looking at the face of this animal you can see a…

Over the last five hundred thousand years, Chimpanzees have undergone speciation resulting in four subspecies within Pan troglodytes, the common chimp, a species of the great ape. There are four subspecies related to the Pan troglodytes: the West African Chimp (P. t. verus), the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimp (P. t. ellioti), the Central Chimp (P. t. troglodytes), and the Eastern Chimp (P. t. schweinfurthii). Here is the scientific classification of the Common Chimpanzee: the kingdom is Animalia, the…

The behaviors and emotions of primates have developed through natural selection to support the social group. Likewise, human behaviors and emotions are harvests of evolution maintained within social groups. Therefore, making lead way for many rules, laws, and systems in human societies that are meant to justify our subconscious behaviors and emotions and to prevent us from abandoning them rather than to restrain us from enlightening them. In this paper I would like to provide ecological…

have been able to unearth clues from beginnings of Human civilization in spite of various contentions. Evolution has transformed virtually every organism to grace planet Earth, and the evolutionary process that led to the modern day human commenced in the continent of Africa. Furthermore, as humanity developed the sexual dimorphism between both sexes led to varying roles for males and females. Along with archeological findings, the earliest forms of art also gave us a glimpse into the lives of…

The Pan Troglodytes With a genetic code of 98.4% - 99.4% identical to human beings, and a lineage that matches our own all the way to the family hominidae it comes as no surprise that of all the variety of species and living organisms that chimpanzees would seem the most human-like. Below I intend to discuss the chimpanzee’s taxonomy, morphology, habitat, and social structure. The chimpanzee’s taxonomy, or pan troglodytes (species name for the chimpanzee) hails from the genus: pan, family:…

female attention towards him. Although primates also do the same, but sometimes would fight for dominance to become the alpha male making the other males become subordinate to the alpha male and eventually the alpha male will have several female partners. But in Human society they have adapted a monogamous way so they are limited to having only one partner. Humans would use their face to express their emotions similarly the same way apes and monkeys would do. An exploration demonstrates a…