Primates are extremely social creatures and there is varied diversity in their social organizations – some that have yet to be discovered – which is in large part determined by their adaptation to their environment. These organizations have been broken up into several categories, including dispersed polygyny, bonded pairs, polyandrous clusters, female clusters, and the one male unit, which I will discuss in detail later. In addition to their gregarious social groups, some primates, including Koko, Kanzi, and Chantek have learned to communicate with humans. Dispersed polygyny is common among the nocturnal bushbabies and pottos. These types of primates stealthily hunt for insects, and doing so in groups would be far too difficult.
Is it intelligence that determines the animal’s self-worth and right to live, or is it that animals may possess the same if not identical Neuroanatomy of humans? Suzuki’s primary question examines if the rational behind animal testing is that these animals are dissimilar to human beings; therefore, pain can be inflicted upon these animals without guilt. Suzuki purposes, whether or not the animals need be so close to the human species for the results to be meaningful; Suzuki furthers this inquiry, through his demonstration of logos and ethos. When Suzuki explains the research he has conducted on fruit flies as an alternative to the more commonly used mammals;
We not only discussed monkeys and apes but different types of lemurs that share characteristic just like the apes. Even though the film Introduction to Primates gives a lot of information, the presentation of all the different species of primates justifies the film very
Mrs. Frisby, a mouse, is attempting to watch out of her children on her individual since her husband was eaten through the cat of farmer, Dragon. In the season of spring, youngest son of Mrs. Frisby is sick, and he requires to be shifted before the farmer begins cultivating. But what can she do? She recognizes about the rats that live under the rose bush, and she determines to call on them for support. Soon she knows that the rats recognized her husband, and that they all used to be animals of laboratory together.
This hardening of the teeth would allow them to bite into other animals. Teeth are key to survival, because without food one would die, so the idea behind having teeth is to eat other animals. Shubin also stated the idea that embryos look very similar during development of an organism, no matter how different the limbs developing may be. It was found that a gene known as the Hox gene determines the basic structure and orientation in any given organism, which in the end is how embryos can appear similar. Other features Shubin said evolved are the abilities of sight, smelling, and hearing.
But does Rifkin expect a pig or a dog to be capable of the same feat? One quote from a response to Rifkin’s essay sums all of this up. “Anyone who has owned a pet knows that animals can feel pain, happiness, anger, and other simple emotions. Most people have heard a parrot or a mynah bird talk, but this is just imitation and mimicry. We don’t need science to tell us that animals can do these things.
The similarities can be seen throughout our bodies. For instance, humans and the African apes all lack external tails and have hands with a thumb that is sufficiently separate from the other fingers to allow them to be opposable for precision grips. Humans are also sexually dimorphic –males are 5-10% larger on average and have greater upper body muscular development. Like chimpanzees, they are omnivores. We kill other animals for food in addition to eating a wide variety of plants.
Aims and context (Put aims of study & background history): The aim of the study was to answer the question to what extent (how much) might another species be able to use human language? One way to test this was to teach a form of human language to a non-human animal. Gardner & Gardner aimed to investigate if they could teach a chimpanzee (considered to be a most intelligent and sociable animal) to communicate using a human language, specifically that of American Sign Language. Context - Language makes us unique as an animal, Chomsky (1965) believes language is unique to humans, other species can’t acquire language, humans have a language acquisition device, animals don’t. Early attempts to teach chimps to talk were useless, a chimp’s vocal apparatus is unsuited to making speech sounds, however the Gardners felt that chimps can use a non-spoken language like ASL, this language is used by the deaf in America.
Unraveling the Mysteries of Human Behavior—Examining the Link Between Primates and Humans While observing the primates at the San Francisco Zoo, one question kept haunting me. Are we really that different? The physical similarities are quite obvious—from their dexterous hands and similar body type to their humanlike expressive faces; even children can see that they resemble us. Many will argue that our complex brains, use of language, and the ability to walk upright are a few of the differences that separate us from primates, but while observing the gorillas and chimps, I saw many of the same behaviors that we exhibit. When taking into account the fact that we share between 98%-99% of our DNA with gorillas and chimpanzees, I became
Foundations of Psychology Greg Ustel 01/12/2014 PSY/300 ANGELIQUE GRADY Behavioral Approach to Psychology Behaviorism is a concept of psychology that is centered on learning Ivan Pavlov was one of the first know scholars to establish behavior studies on animals. He claimed that behavior was the most valid source of information because mental events cannot be observed (Sullivan Ed. 2009). The three basic functions of behaviorism are reward, punishment, and reinforcement. This type of behavior has been used to study animals and humans alike.