Life History Theory: Why bigger brains for Primate and How it came to be? Introduction Complex behaviors and intelligence are the trademark of the primate order and this has been attributed in part to relative large brain to body mass ratio (Reader and Laland‚ 2002). Defining intelligence‚ however‚ is a highly problematic issue; an operational definition used points to the primary component of intelligence to flexible problem solving and the ability to cope with any difficult situations (Jerison
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so interested in the other primates is that by looking at them we can obtain some ideas of what our ancestor must have been like a few millions years ago. Even though‚ we are not descended from any modern-type monkey or ape‚ our lineage does appear to have gone through stages in which we were a medium-sized‚ reasonably intelligent creature with good binocular vision‚ hands that were good at manipulation and the ability to climb trees. An evolutionary trend in primates involves the development of
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excessively big attention to the first one‚ but nearly nothing to the latter one; and sometimes we even forget that it exists. However‚ there is a saying that a shirt is always closer to the body than a coat. Our planet was developed within the process of evolution - step by step. Millions of suns originate in the nebula and disperse into the space. When we see them on the night sky‚ we call them the stars. On their long way across the space planets were created from the stardust around them‚ like around our
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Diet and Primate Evolution In the article “Diet and Primate evolution” by Katherine Milton‚ it addresses the change in which the diet of primates evolves throughout millions of years and how it helps them‚ as a whole species‚ evolve and develop various characteristics‚ thus creating species variation. It discusses how at first‚ the primates are very primeval & this was largely due to their restricted diet. Secondly‚ it talks about the way in which they started to develop a more diverse diet and
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Los Angeles Zoo Primates Notes Gorillaz Western lowland Gorillas My first Ape i saw at the LA Zoo was the LowLand Gorilla. Because of the weather and temperature‚ the Gorrilas were not active as the stayed in the shade and away from observing eyes. Only one Gorilla was able to stay in the light and in the view of people trying to see into the zoo habitat for these Gorillas‚ Repunzel. Shes a beautiful lowland gorilla female sitting alone in te sunligt‚ happily grooming herself. Although shes
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For such a complex concept a direct definition leaves more questions than answers. When a species changes biologically over time‚ evolution guides the process. All living species on earth effect one and other‚ during the evolutionary process. We depend on that change for our change and they depend on us to affect their change (Park‚ 2014). The success of those changes depends on the ever constant fight to adapt to the natural environment. For a species to survive depends on the best genetic mutation
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an ancient primate related to lemurs. Scientists have named the new species Ramadapis sahnii and claim that it existed 11 to 14 million years ago‚ and is a member of the early primate family Sivaladapidae. Analysis of the jawbone shows that the species consumed leaves and was approximately the same size as a house cat‚ or to a modern day lemur. This discovery is important to the scientific community as with this discovery more information surrounding the evolutionary history of primates can be gathered
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The Evolution in Primate Locomotion and Body Configuration Calista Lee Anthropology 115 The Evolution of Primate Locomotion and Body Configuration Primates first evolved from the trees of tropical forests‚ later to the ground. Through the times of promisians to human‚ many characteristics has been represented due to the adaptations to new environments and resulted in evolutionary changes. The Earth has encountered several geological and climatic changes over time. For the primates existed
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Lori Watkins Anthropology Primates Primates belong to the biological order “Primates” that include all species related to lemurs‚ monkeys‚ apes‚ and humans. Non-human primates are found all over the world‚ but are primarily centralized in Central and South America‚ Africa‚ and Southern Asia. Primates are divided into three main groups: prosimians‚ Old World and New World monkeys. Prosimians are the most ancestral extant primates and represent forms that were ancestral to monkeys‚ apes
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Something About Primates PRIMATES share many characteristics with other animals‚ but they differentiate as a distinct group from other mammals with certain special features. On a CLASSIFICATION chart‚ a chart that organizes diversity into categories and indicates evolutionary relationships‚ primates are categorized under the Phylum CHORDATA‚ containing all VERTEBRATES (animals with segmented spinal columns)‚ and are also split into 2 suborders: HAPLORHINI‚ which includes lemurs and lorises and STREPSIRHINI
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