Technology and Human Evolution in the Film, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Within this essay, we will study more in depth the behavioral as well as physical traits of two primates at a zoo from their interaction with their peers to their place in the group. This observation would enable us to further understand the possible existing correlation between humans and primates. First, I studied a female chimpanzee with her baby, and then, a dominant male gorilla, in San Francisco Zoo at about noon, on May 23, 2015, for an hour each. Even though they share some similarities such as having a large brain, living for a long time, and being bored in their enclosure, they are still different; when gorillas are the largest, chimpanzees are the smartest. In fact, chimps use tools to catch food, they would not be able to reach

This book was about the life of apes in their natural habitat that is being destroyed. Stanford highly pushed the idea of extinction and what people are doing to the apes. Stanford explains the threats to the ape's survival and tells us ideas that could help stop or slow down the decline of the ape population. He tells us about the complex cultural, social, economic and

The film takes place in the distant galaxy Alpha Centauri, on a moon called Pandora that orbits a gas giant. The moon is inhabited by a humanoid race of beings called the Na'vi. They are a peaceful indigenous culture that coexists with nature and have ancient traditions that put them in harmony with their surrounding world. The invading force of humans are less then sympathetic to the plight of the Na’vi and desire only to strip the planet of its natural resources, in this case the valuable resource is represented by a superconductor material called unobtanium. The first thing that stands out in the plot is its similarity to historic events such as colonial occupation of the indigenous

The devastating chimp war played a tremendously crucial part the end of the individual societies. The civil war proceeded in 1974 and raged headlong (PSV) until 1977. (5) While many believe that the cause of it was a feeble rule by Figan, but it does not matter, the ultimate (PQA) result of the war was the destruction of the separate chimp tribes. (1) Figan, who was a power hungry animal, reunited his dominance after the destruction of the tribes. In 1972 10 chimps broke for the rest and went south. (6) It grew. (3) Surprisingly, it soon was a great and powerful society. (2) After the war, as you might expect, small bands of chimps patrol the borders of their lands, looking out for anything or anyone who could be a threat. This was the result

The setting of the movie compared to the setting in the book makes Planet of the Apes one of the greatest satires. In the movie, the setting takes place on earth in the future where apes deny and are afraid of the past, whereas the setting in the book is on a different planet where apes are civilized and technologically advanced, and the humans were primitive creatures. The orangutans in the movie prevent what happened to the humans from happening to the apes. Orangutans, such as Zaius went to great work as destroying the cave where the evidence of the humans reigned is revealed and removing Landen’s memory. In the book civilization of humans on Earth is equal to and may even surpass the civilization of the apes on Sorror. The point of

A caring, joyful father was playing with his kid and a voracious Bob (a evil vicious lion) walks behind Bazaka (the dad) and kills him. While Bob was killing Jax's dad Koozaka (a bear) walks in and scares him away like a hulk. All of the animals are afraid of Bob because he kills for joy. Koozaka walks to Jax and puts him on his back and takes him to the apes place because he know that the apes will take great care of Jax. Zara a female ape claimed Jax to be her Baby. It was dawn so once the apes got Jax, Zara lets Jax sleep with her because he doesn't have fur to keep himself warm

Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle tells the story of Ulysse, a space explorer and journalist in the year 2500, who lands on a peculiar planet called Sorer. On this planet, humans are mindless creatures and great apes are intelligent beings, and Ulysse finds himself placed into a biological research facility, where he other “feral” humans are caged and investigated by great apes. In an attempt to convince the great apes of his journey and the notion that on planet Earth, it is the human race that evolved to be civilized, Ulysse embarks on a series of demonstrations to earn his freedom. When Ulysse is situated at the research facility, he carefully observes the three kinds of great apes that inhabit Sorer: the chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas. The novel portrays each species to have different characteristics and social behaviors; the chimpanzees being progressive and smart, the gorillas aggressive and ignorant, and the orangutans stubborn and conservative. This paper will thus explore how accurate these depictions are in reality. Additionally, during his attempts to establish his intelligence to the great apes of Sorer, Ulysse’s human companion Nova begins to learn the Simian language. Thus, the evolution of speech and how humans evolved to possess what’s necessary for speech will also be explored.

The first topic addressed in this book that I will focus on is the social behavior of apes, specifically on courting rituals and mating behavior, such as the love dance performed by the “humans” in the novel. The second topic is the (in)capability of apes to produce human speech. In the novel, the apes all speak human language, but in reality, this is not a likely possibility.

The low-key lighting makes everything in the ship seem like shadows; the drastic change of the set and lighting leaves the audience uncomfortable and tense. In the office scene, the props behind the main character are books and computers, which depicts that he is intelligent and holds some importance. Another element telling the audience that the character speaking to us is of importance is his microphone since he is appearing ‘front and center’ in this “documentary”. The setting of Johannesburg sets a different expectation for the viewer, as most Hollywood alien movies take place in major American cities; the foreign setting automatically distinguishes the film’s unique

Also the enclosure had a lot of roaming room and resting areas for the great apes. Seven gorillas populated this exclosure and it was not an exhibit of mixed species. While I visited the Western Lowland Gorilla I mostly observed them resting. However there was a small baby in the exhibit which interacted and watched the visitors while climbing all over its resting mother. After a while the baby started feeding on it mother and once it was done it climbed on her back as she began to roam around the enclosure. It was very intriguing to watch the baby interact with its mother and witness it being

The Wachowski brothers modernized the allegory of the cave and add a humanistic approach by focusing on human emotions and feelings. Both the Allegory and the Matrix have some similarities with the same metaphysical question of what is real, how do you know

In the movie, however, Stanley Kubrick wisely avoided confusion by setting the third confrontation between Man and Monolith among the moons of Jupiter. Saturn was dropped from the script entirely, though Douglas Trumbull later used the expertise he had acquired filming the ringed planet in his own production, Silent Running.

A cultural innovation where there is no boundaries and burden between the two race, where black doesn’t have to stay only in his community and can join equally in parts with whites, and can have an intimate relationship with white where is finally socially accepted (at least this is a beginning). A couple is standing while carrying two chimpanzees where could also represent an equal opportunity between males and females metaphorically. [ The couple carrying chimpanzees could also have metaphorical significance. How?]. On the other hand, from a unique perspective, it’s perhaps a reminder of a harmonious form of unity between the man and the woman from two different races. The primates are interpreted symbolically in terms of intellectual improvement. The depiction of civility and reinforces the ideas of revolutionizing the cultural behavior; for example, the human evolution from their primate. Looking at the man in the photo, you can see a shadow of a person who I suspect, is taking a photo. I would infer that the shadow is a metaphor for the darkness and some violence that still hides in the deepest part of the

This scene sheds light on the aspects of Conrad’s style by using visual imagery, auditory imagery, repetition, and personification. As Marlow ventures into the jungle, Conrad uses visual and auditory imagery to describe the “gleam of fires,” “throb of drums,” and “the drone of weird incantations” of the forest, producing an eerie, sinister atmosphere and giving the impression of future forlorn events. In this scene, Conrad uses repetition to emphasize Kurtz’s loneliness as the “spell of the wilderness” surrounds him and how he separates himself from societal principles. In addition to

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Los Angeles zoo on a beautiful, sunny Thursday (October 19th). Although I arrived off schedule which left a minimal amount of time to observe primates, I managed my time well. After being told that the larger animals get put away earlier, I figured my first stop would be at an ape enclosure. The ape I chose to see that day was the gorilla. The time that I began my observation was at approximately 3:05. At that time only one ape was quite visible and he was sitting at the front making eye contact with me making it seem as if he is HABITUATED. Next, post gorilla watching, I had the chance to take a gander at the ring railed lemurs at 3:40. These prosimians all had their own personalities which interested me deeply. Lastly, and certainly not least on my journey through the LA zoo, I had the chance of looking at the mandrills which were once classified as baboons. Considering that two baby mandrills were present and only a month old, this was my favorite exhibit to see because of their high energy and randomness of actions.