Primate

Anne Beach Mrs. Harman English 10 period 7 29 February 2016 The world's smallest monkey, so small in fact that it can fit in a human's palm, a great tree climber, but not such a great pet.”They have a 12 year lifespan.” What is? It's a pygmy marmoset! Pygmy marmosets have a super-flexible neck and can turn their head backward to watch for predators. Although there are many different types of monkeys the pygmy marmoset is the most important. “Pygmy marmosets occupy mature evergreen forests”…

Love, passion, hardship, dedication, reliability: these are all traits that my dad not only held, but showed everyday. Many of you may have known Willy Loman for a man of character and passion, but I knew him as what everyone in my family did, a caring and loving individual. There were many days where I could say that I hated my dad for what he said to me, but recollecting on those past times I can say that it has ultimately made me into a better person and the man I am today. I like to think…

If I could travel anywhere in this world to do research on an animal- I would be at the Democratic Republic of Congo, A country located in Central Africa. That’s where the Bonobo lives, but more specifically in the lowland rainforests. The Bonobo is in the family of Great Apes. Unfortunately, the Bonobos are quickly becoming extinct due to hunting, deforestation, and habitat loss. Currently, they are endangered, and population growth cannot happen fast enough due to the females giving birth to…

American Born Chinese is a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang about various characters dealing with stereotypes, and prejudices. Two main characters that seem to struggle with this are the monkey king and Jinn. The monkey king is the king of all monkey's on his island. He is looked at as a god and respected by every monkey on the island. But when he is invited to a dinner party for all the gods, he realizes that nobody else has respect for him. By everyone else he is looked at as a dirty monkey.…

Although Kitty criticizes Margaret’s unattractive animalistic nature, Kitty is herself equally animalistic and is represented as a bastardized animal. Nothing short of an anthropomorphized cat, Kitty, bearing her animality in her very name, wails (West 5, 7) and moans (15) incessantly like a mewing cat. In 1916, Edward Forbush described the domestic cat, which can be similarly applied to Kitty, as “the inmate of … humble homes” who has “elegance of form … [and] daintiness of habit” (7). However,…

Creating Humans From Dust What if scientists told the world that evolution may not be true? What if they showed the world an alternative view to human history? For many years the dominant consensus on how humans came to be has been through the evolution theory. Many scientists, and people around the world view the evolution theory to be correct, sometimes without question. However, a new chapter in human history has opened up and it’s called Forbidden Archaeology. Forbidden Archaeology has…

Chimpanzees and bonobos are characterized as the closest living relatives of humans. Studies have shown that the humans and apes descended from the same ancestor nearly six million years ago. It was at this time that their DNA sequences began to diverge from one another. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus) stemmed from the same Pan ancestor, but split about two million years ago when the Congo River formed (Prufer, 2012). While the separation between the Homo and Pan…

How can impressions and observations at a young age change how individuals interact with the world? How can these impressions relate to or even cause common psychological disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression? Or even how can these impressions relate to eating and body dysmorphic disorders, and what about personality disorders? These have all been the topic of conversation for years, and one of the longest debated topics of Psychology and Philosophy. In this essay, we will be…

Introduced by Morgan in her Ted Talk clip, the aquatic ape hypothesis is an interesting take on human evolution. The hypothesis revolved around the idea that human beings evolved from “aquatic apes,” or our early ancestors who called that water their home. This hypothesis takes from the fact that humans share many characteristics with other marine mammals, such as being “naked,” having a layer of fat inside the skin, and having conscious control over breathing. Before this hypothesis, however…

As we get older we assume that we get a say on how we want to live our own life. If that’s the case, then why are few rich and successful, whereas the majority are suffering and are impoverished? In a sense we are all human beings therefore we should all be treated in an equal manner and be given equal opportunities in life. Reality however is a killer for we find that society, which was initially used as a survival technique by earliest ancestors, has more of a say in our lives then we do…