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Yes, chimpanzees are territorial. While other animals will defend their territory by attacking an invading male, chimpanzees will actively engage in...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your tough ...
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Eek, primates! Gorilla see, gorilla do. Notice the primitive “bent hip, bent knee” vs. the advanced “upright modern human” hindlimb postures in the two non-skeletal hominids. Phylogeny of artiodactyl (even-toed) mammals, including the hippo-whale clade. Hand (manus) of the early stem...
It was also hypothesized that fWHR was subjected to positive sexual selection in the whole genus Homo [91], and generally in higher primates [73]. fWHR may serve as honest cue to males' ability to cooperate in inter- group conflicts, hence selected as such indicator in intra- sexual ...
(Cuthill et al.2017). Some colours are very common across different taxa and geographical regions, despite their different functions. For example, red is used to attract mates by primates, fish, and crabs (Östlund-Nilsson et al.2006; Baldwin and Johnsen2009; Rigaill et al.2019). ...
and so leaf-eating primates became very territorial. Since we already lived in troops, and since there aren’t enough leaves to go around in a single territory, that territorial disposition led to tribal behavior being favored by natural selection. It gave our genes an advantage — first over...
The role of primates in the life cycle of these species is yet to be fully understood.The ubiquitous sugar beet, a leading sugar crop worldwide, is often impacted by drought stress. Sugar beet breeding can benefit from the recognition of drought-tolerant germplasm, but the research in this ...
Crows are intelligent birds, known to use tools to grab insects from inside trees, to communicate with gestures, and to remember people who've posed a threat. While crows haven't evolved the same brain structures that give humans and primates their intelligence, they do have dense clusters of...
Canada, the UK and Norway have all set ambitious targets. The UK and Canada pledged to reduce their territorial emissions to net zero by 2050. Norway wants to be carbon neutral by 2030. The “net” zero means that if they can’t eliminate all emissions completely, they can make up for ...