Primate

of skin temperature, indicative of sympathetic arousal, when they viewed videos of conspecifics injected with needles or videos of the needles themselves [33]. However, it has to be pointed out that, on the contrary to what happens in rodents, in primates facial expressions have a crucial role in comunication within groups [34]. Therfore, the emotional…

In any event according to the primates responds to the environment venturing more and more looking for food perhaps, but retreating to nearby trees trying to escape predators and sleep at night. Their success presumably improve their chances in surviving and passing genes on favoring…

“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…

on younger children. Along with these experiments, an experiment using the Solitaire Illusion was done on our long distant relatives, primates. It has been found that some primates are susceptible to this illusion just like human adults. Parrish, Agrillo, Perdue, and Beran decided to compare the effects of the Solitaire Illusion on both younger children and primates that had been previous found to be less susceptible to the illusion (Parrish et al. 83-85). The experiment would help to determine…

Do animals have a conscious like we do? Do animals experience pain like we do? Are they aware of how they’re feeling, like we are? All these questions arise because, for a long time, there has been a debate over whether or not animals can think like we humans do and whether or not they have a conscious. Some arguments have been based on the fact that as humans, we have larger brains, and therefor are capable of more cognitive processing and greater understanding (Bickerton, 2000). Others have…

Over the last couple of decades the finding of numbers of important fossil discoveries in Africa which were bipedal primates. Biped; terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by two feet also considers bipedalism. That bipedal locomotion sets modern humans apart from all other living primates. The origin of bipedalism has been argued about by how it was the adoption of early hominin fossil record (that was found) had adaptive shifts locomotion over the series of time. Which illustrate the…

and behavioral perspective. The lar gibbon has a highly specialized anatomy geared towards arboreal environments, boasting the longest arm to body ration of the Hominoidea superfamily, with one of the highest intermembral indexes (129.7) of any primate. (Geissmann, n.d.) The adaptations for brachiation they have developed are found mainly in the upper torso. Their hands, which form a long hook shape with strong finger flexors, along with the length of their arms allow the lar gibbon to swing in…

The last member of the ape family known to science and the largest of the living primates, few animals have sparked the imagination of man as much as the gorilla. The mountain gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. Living in inaccessible regions in various dense forests in tropical Africa, only in the last 30 years have scientists learned details of their life in the wild. The Mountain Gorilla, with the scientific name of gorilla beringei beringei, is a massive mammal with…

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.…

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…