Primate

learned and passed between capuchins. Capuchins were also one of the first non-human primates that discovered tool use in the wild (livescience). The capuchins diets consist of plants, plant parts, nuts, bulbs, and seeds, they are mostly vegetarian. They also consume insects as well as organisms with an exoskeleton. Sometimes they also consume vertebrates like frogs and rare cases they even consume other primates. Their diet is important because it proves the type tools needed. They used rocks…

in the same way. Therefore, it is fair to say that if all brains were made in the same way, larger brains should have more neurons, and more cognitive ability. We often tend to think that humans have more cognitive ability in comparison to other primates; thus we must have a larger brain. However, the human brain is not the largest around and it…

The Lagothrix is within the Neotropical primate family, Atelidae. Atelids are the largest Neotropical primates yet only two studies have tried to resolve the relationships among taxa within the genus Lagothrix (Ruiz-Garcia Pinedo-Castro, 2010). Within the genus are 2 allopatric species, one widespread in the western Amazon (L. lagotricha) and the other confined to montane forests on the eastern slope of the Central Cordillera of the Andes in northern Peru, bordering the Amazonian forest (L.…

Thinking Anthropologically Kendall Jenner recently got a white dot as a tattoo, same color as her broken heart tattoo. She wanted to be in with the current tattoo trend. She didn’t want anything big though, to her it’s the little things that matter. She didn’t want her tattoos to show since she is a model and it is important that she doesn’t have any showing. Her broken heart tattoo shows that during that time is her life her heart was broken and getting that tattoo helps her to mend that…

and Kanzi, had learned to communicate in the same language that humans do. I keep wondering if more people were as dedicated as Dr. Patterson with this subject, how far we would be today with communicating with other primates. Would these primates eventually be teaching other primates the human language by means of cultural transmission? If so, in a million years from now, and through the process of natural selection, I wonder how advanced these bonobos and gorillas would be. -What (if…

The Smallest Monkey: Pygmy Marmoset The pygmy marmoset is one of the smallest primates to ever live on earth. Pygmy marmosets have a very distinct habitat, family classification, and physical characteristics that make it a unique monkey. Pygmy Marmosets are found only the deep forests located in various countries. They roam high up in the trees of the forest, and blend in very well with their surroundings. They live in the forests of Columbia, Brazil, Ecuador, and parts of Bolivia (Pygmy…

human cranial capacity and brain cerebral cortex is more complex compared to primates,which are closest to humans.This helped improved human's ability to modify and adapt to environments.Also , since the brain is more complex it has helped us develop cultures.Paleoanthropologist have discovered many skeletons which help to better understand the evolution of humans.Humans have made major evolutionary adaptations that primates haven’t.One that may seem simple to people is walking on two…

Should Human Products be Tested on Animals? “The question is not, can they reason? nor, can they talk? but, can they suffer?”(qtd. in Should). Millions of animals endure human product testing. Even though they are not as advanced as humans they can still feel and suffer. Common human products are tested on them in different test dealing with toxicity. These tests are unnecessary, costly, and don’t predict reliable results but the truth is ignored. Animals are very different than humans and the…

are behavioral responses in relation to the environment for primate species. It is useful in increasing visual surveillance, displaying threats, social grooming, and transporting food, objects, and infants. These observed behaviors in primates are used in some of the theories as to why humans may have evolved to be habitually bipedal. The article points out that because of the limited early hominin fossils available, studying modern primates’ skeletal structures and the physiological factors…

When first entering the Human Origins exhibit, the first thing that caught my eye was the skeleton structures of the Chimpanzee, the Neanderthal and the Modern Human. On the back of these statues there was a section titled “Meet Your Relatives”. This was interesting because it allowed everyone in the museum to compare themselves biologically to Chimpanzee’s and Neanderthals. One of the interesting facts I learned, structures of the chimpanzee and the neanderthal are similar when it comes to how…