Questions and Answer: What Makes Us Different From Chimps and Other Species?

In Key Idea 2 I will be talking about what I learned about chimps. The book showed many things about chimpanzees that I did not know before. When someone is talking about any animals, the first thing that comes to many people’s minds is: They will never hurt somebody, they are always nice, and are not as smart as humans. Before I read this book that was my thought process about chimpanzees. I did not look at them any different than other animals. Although, after reading the book I realized chimpanzees are very smart and can be

Natural Selection is one of the most interesting aspects that developed by the process and is given to the environmental primates. The evolutionary process is for the survival of the fittest,it has proteins that travel from the DNA. The changes focus on life of the primates and are responsible for the phenotype that makes each one of us different than the rest. Since humans are primates, humans and apes have been said to share a lot of similarities. In chapter six, it talked about traits from non human primates to characteristics. More efficient, greater dependence of flexible learned behavior. Other than humans,primates consist of lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes. Primate social behavior is understanding the concepts distinguished

Despite a lack of scientific academic education, Jane Goodall’s work on the chimpanzees made revolutionary breakthrough in the field of understanding chimpanzee behavior. It was all made possible by her firm belief on her unconventional methods which academics in the field eyed with cynicism and felt was pointless. Such pessimistic outlook on her efforts from established academics did not blight her morale; instead she carried on with her methods of analyzing the chimpanzee population with full enthusiasm and self belief.

Primates share many human-like factors, and over time, studies are able to now show that non-human primates have become even more like humans in terms of culture and lifestyle. Primates are intelligent, which allows parents of mammals to teach their young, and the young learn much like humans do. From detailed studies of ape behavior, it is concluded that apes, like humans, use tools and patterns to adapt from what they learn in social groups, rather than it being biological. Primates have been found to laugh, support each other, learn how to medicate themselves and others when in need, have family traditions, show off, grieve, and the list goes on. Learning such things, whether it be human or ape, varies from culture to culture, through social

The use of tools by chimpanzees increased a lot during the past few decades and the likely cause of that was the growing number of habituated chimpanzee populations combined with a large number of long-term committed projects that investigate chimpanzee populations in different parts of Africa (Toth and Schick:2009:294). Chimpanzees would use tools for termite fishing with twigs or grass, leaf sponges to scoop brains from a cranium or fruit from a husk and would use stone, wooden hammers and anvils to crack open hard-shelled nuts. In terms of male or female chimpanzees, females would use tools during arboreal feeding whereas males would use tools to help harvest terrestrial resources. (Toth and Schick:2009:295).Capuchins are observed to have use sticks to club a snake and shells to crack open oysters(Westergaard 1995:2). They have also spontaneously used and modified sticks as probes and stones and bone fragments as cutting and nut cracking implements(Westergaard 1995:2). Mandrills have been shown to use small wood splinters as tools.(Pansini and de Ruiter: 2011)

yes humans and chimpanzees act the same they both care about their children and walk and do lots of other things the same and hopefully we will learn more about the chimpanzees and their everyday

The study of Primatology focuses on the biological and psychological aspects of non-human primates. Also it looks at the similarities shared between humans and primates. Primatologists focus on studying and conducting research on primates in three main ways; field study, laboratory study, and through captivity. In captivity, they try to replicate natural primate habitat in a controlled captive setting. This is one of the most

Nonhuman primates are social and affiliative animals and strong social bonds are fundamental to their lives. The same can be said for humankind. About five million years ago, chimps and humans were part of the same homididite family. Today, humans are still classified as primates. Humans share many behaviors that are similar to that of their nonhuman primate relatives. The two are very closely related and share so much DNA, over 98%. Since they are so closely related, it is a valid idea that nonhuman primates may be living in a similar way today to that of our ancestors of the past. The diets and habitats of nonhuman primates are similar to those of human predecessors. Humans and nonhuman

“Chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans are our closest relatives, sharing 98-99% of our DNA,” They are so similar to us in so many ways that we should be able to understand that when located in a completely unfamiliar environment that they cannot understand they are likely to react fiercely so not only do we share ’98-99%’ of their DNA but they are now being advanced and thrust to their limits where they are skilled to learn our language to communicate, moreover they are likely to be capable of “solving complex cooperation and social

Jane Goodall’s article “The Mind of the Chimpanzee” explores her experiences with man’s closest genetic relative. Goodall’s field studies in Gombe, Tanzania brought her a greater understanding of the mental similarities between humans and chimpanzees. She specifically discusses their complex emotions, mental ability, understanding of American Sign Language (ASL), and even their use and understanding of tools. While the evidence was clear, Goodall battled the scientific community for years. Many argued that animals were incapable of having humane thoughts or individual personalities.

The author focuses on determining whether primates are capable of self-awareness. An article is reviewed and evaluated encompassing different points of view and theories. Learned recognition and self-awareness is compared and discussed.

Primates are threatened by many different factors but Hunting and Habitat Disturbance has become the most common threats to primate survival. As the human population continues to grow and thrives to meet its daily needs and resource demands (Oates, 2013). In other words, forest areas are altered for urban and economic development through agricultural expansion, logging, mining, road expansions, water projects and cattle grazing (Mittermeier, 1988).

While watching this video, I learned that humans and chimps have much more similarities than what I had previously believed. Female chimps like humans, tend to show their infants affection and safety. They will keep them within their grasps and try to keep other away to keep them safe, as well as show them affection by playing with them. Humans also show these characteristics with their infants, they will “shower them with love and care” in order to bring them up with the mentality that family equals safety and trust. However unlike, chimps humans will allow other to carry or show affection to their infants, while in the chimpanzee community the mother will not allow others to take their infants. There were many parts of this video that I found not

The chimpanzee is such a fascinating animal. I’ve never known how similar chimpanzees and humans are. I knew we shared common traits, but not to the extent of using tools to gather food. Also, having similar emotional connections and the ability to learn.

Around 18 months children are aware that they are separate from others in the world. (Self-recognition). If a red spot is placed on an infant 's nose, infants are able to recognize when looking in the mirror that the dot is on their nose and would touch the dot on themselves, not the mirror.