Primate

Many Primatologist has been trying to find the connection among humans, ape, and monkeys. That this two primates has almost the same genetics to humans indicating them as the closest relatives of anthropoids, but while some disagree with this point saying that the apes and monkeys are nothing compared to humans because of differences in physical biology and advanced intelligence. In my opinion that humans, apes and monkeys share genetic bonds that makes them share certain analogy and…

Tomasello and Call (1997) state that it is likely that nonhuman primates and other animals have natural concepts in their everyday lives nonetheless it is difficult to demonstrate in training procedures and observe in their natural habitat. Currently the conclusion of whether or not nonhuman primates can form natural categories is still missing; the linguistic and symbolic barrier may prevent researchers from acquiring further evidence. The studies explored in our paper consistently support the…

Primates fall under the the class of mammalia and the mirorder of Primatomorpha, which has two suborders: Strepsirrhini and Haplorrhini. The order Primates includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians. These animals are most commonly found in South America Primates have evolved from arboreal animals, so most monkeys live in trees. They are typically found in rainforest, and some can even adapt to human, modified environments. Almost all primates have prehensile hands and feet, and have five…

refused to believe we evolved from primates due to the fact that I didn 't have the all the information that I have today. I’ve always wanted a pet monkey because I always thought their behaviour related to us in a way or another. Now, I know that primates were studied as a research tool to understand our own behaviour. So, why did we study nonhuman primates? We studied them to determine our own origins. We have many similarities between us and nonhuman primates. Such as, tool use,…

Primates perceive their world through a multitude of ways. One way in which primates perceive their surroundings is via the colors that they can see (Surridge, Osorio, & Mundy, 2003). Color vision is an evolutionary trait that has provided survival benefits to primates through evolutionary time (Regan et al., 2005). However, among certain species of primates, there are drastic variations among members in terms of the colors that they can see, thus suggesting a polymorphic basis. A polymorphic…

Primate parenting differs from parenting of other mammals in a number of different ways. For example, primate mothers care for thier offspring that few others seem to. Since they give birth to fewer offspring at a more spread out rate, they care very much about their young. They take the time to provide for, protect, and teach their young in order for them to live the best life possible. There are 6 different types of residence patterns exhibited by primates. The first is one male, multi…

Social Primates Most primates live in either small, large or solitary community. In group community, an individual will form different social bonds with members of the group for example, “chimpanzees maintain a variety of different types of social relationships with others, and the strength of social relationships in chimpanzees and other primates have been measured by different criteria, including duration of time spent feeding, travelling, resting, visually attending and grooming with the…

genetic composition of human beings is that of primates. Early scientists insist that the hairy four legged apes are the ancient cousins of man who never evolved into modern day man. The human fascination with monkeys, apes, and chimpanzees has captivated Americans for decades, whether it is their incredible knack to mimic our actions or the subtleties of their behavior; it is hard to deny the human interest in them. Some people may say that primates have a definite understanding of the…

Primates as animal models in making vaccines: Primates: Primates are one of the diverse group of animals mainly consist of human beings monkeys and apes. Animal model: Scientists occasionally base selection of model organism on biology alone to investigate disease and its mechanism. Many factors effect choice of animal model such as facilities, staff and personal choices. Organisms having short reproduction cycle having exquisite traceability of genes rapidly give statistical results of great…

The second primate I saw was the White-Faced Sakis are known as (Cebus capucinus) they are shy in the wild, opposite of the Orangutan.They are diurnal (active during the day) and arboreal (tree living). I saw three White-Faced Sakis when I went to the Como Zoo. It was hard for me to tell how old or young they were, beside being small you can tell if they were babies but it was hard because their face looks swallowing. They have a great leaping ability and that’s how they got the nickname…