Primate

the animals-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) went undercover as someone looking for a job at the Institute of Behavioral Research (IBR). IBR referred Pacheco to Dr. Edward Taub who was researching surgically crippled primates to monitor the rehabilitation of impaired limbs. Pacheco was offered a volunteer position working with student intern Georgette Yakalis.…

Sink or swim 50 years back most everyone heard the story of how humans had evolved over time. It was claimed that our ancestors, apes, had been separated between jungle and desert. Comparing physical traits of both apes and humans, there is a dramatic difference. Apes on four legs, covered in layers of fur… Then there are the humans, standing tall upon two legs, having no fur. The original theory is that when our ancestors parted in two opposite environments they had simply adapted different…

humans. ‘However, Apes are still present because their environment has encouraged the reproductive success of individuals with different genetic material than ours’ says Miller. It can be said that this is the reason why there is still a variation of primate species known…

evolutionary ancestors, they still do not have any rights that could help protect them. Countries, such as Spain, the U.K., Sweden, Austria, Belgium, and The Netherlands, have given some rights to gorillas. These rights are used to protect these primates from experimentation, torture, and medical testing. Sadly one of the countries that does not have rights for apes is America. Even though America does not have rights for apes, there are many people who believe that apes should have rights…

Abdulla Haider- Arianna Javier- Juan Esparza Professor Mejia Anthropology 101 5-18-18 Old World Monkeys Old world monkeys, which vary in species, can be found in many locations throughout the African and Asian Continents. They can be found in most of Africa, central to southern Asia, India and Japan. They belong to family Cercopithecidae, which share a few characteristics with New World Monkey, unlike their location. There are two main subfamilies of Old World Monkeys. The first,…

Lemur catta (ring-tailed lemur) is the only species of the genus Lemur that belongs to the family Lemuridae (Groves & Eaglen, 1988). As described by Wilson and Hanlon (2010), this medium-sized strepsirrhine primate is recognized by the black and white rings around its long tail, and are found in the arid forests of southwestern Madagascar, where they move about mostly on the ground but are also partly arboreal (Wilson & Hanlon, 2010). Despite their seeming “abundance” because of their frequent…

Passage A Protectress of the Mountain Gorilla Doctor Dian Fossey is widely known for her study of mountain gorillas in East Africa. She was a specialist in the study of primates which are apes, monkeys, gorillas, and humans. She first saw gorillas on a trip to Eastern Africa. It was during this time that she met the influential scientist Louis Leakey who helped her launch her career. She held a different viewpoint of gorillas from that of most people at the time. She wanted to learn as much…

Crested Mona Monkeys are a social and activity species. Their playful personalities and physical features play a role in how they got their common names. The crowned monkey, golden bellied guenon, and Cercopithecus Mona are just a few of their common nicknames, but this creature have the ability to adapt to different environmental pressures that caused a wide spread of subspecies that ranges from the Cross River, south of the Congo Basin, raising to Rwanda, and Uganda. Also this species was also…

Capuchin monkey My animal is a capuchin monkey, I picked this because I like monkeys and always loved to find out new facts about them. I also like to find out different types of monkeys. The monkey has a black and white fur coat with the body structure of a human. The places/habitat this clever monkey lives in are in Brazil and other parts of Latin America but they can adapt to human cities and living places. The Capuchin monkey moves my swinging, walking, and crawling .They often swing in…

Primate Taxonomy Primate Taxonomy Introduction This first lecture is designed to introduce the primate order in terms of its classification and to familiarise you with the animals so that the rest…