Human-Chimpanzee Comparison

Human Chimpanzee Comparison

Introduction

Chimpanzees are said to be the closest relative of humans in the animal kingdom . Their physical attributes alone are enough for one to see their primitive relationship with Homo sapiens . Chimpanzees can stand erect and they are smart creatures . However , the similarities do not end there . Skin-deep , chimpanzees and humans are more alike than one might actually think . They have similar human emotions , happiness , and anger Humans and chimpanzees are also similar in terms of behavior . Like humans , chimpanzees are also social creatures . They interact with their

br kind most of the time and communicate using body language and sound which humans may recognize as grunts , squeals , or howls . This aims to describe the physical and internal similarities between humans and chimpanzees

Physical Similarities and Differences

Recent study has shown that chimpanzees or chimpanzees share more than 90 of our DNA (Britten 70 . Some have even argued that the difference between the human and chimpanzee DNA is less than 1 , and it shows Hence , the fact that more than 90 of the chimpanzee 's and human 's DNAs are the same is a testament that shows striking similarities between the two species . The chimpanzees ' physical appearance looks almost like a human being , especially when they are standing erect on their feet Apart from humans , monkeys and apes are the only animals with hands although they naturally walk in all fours . Chimpanzees are also mammals They are warm blooded , have mammary glands , and have hair covering their body . Chimpanzees are covered with black hair , except in some areas such as the palms of the hand and soles of the feet , like any normal human However , while the color of the hair among humans varies according to genes and race , the chimpanzees ' skin varies from pinkish to black ( Similarities

Intelligence and Cultural Behavior

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary , culture is defined as the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties especially by education . Culture is the integrated pattern of knowledge , belief , and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations (culture Meriam-Webster On-Line Dictionary . Chimpanzees have been observed to display that they have culture as well . By learning how to use tools , chimpanzees have acquired a culture of their own . It is considered a culture if only a group of chimpanzees have acquired a way of using a tool that is not observed in other groups (Briggs

A recent study shows a group of chimpanzees displaying cultural behavior . During the study , two chimpanzees , named as Ericka and Georgia , were each taught a different way of solving a puzzle to get food while they were separated from their groups . When they were reunited with their respective groups , the members gathered around them and eventually learned to solve the puzzle . A couple of months later the two groups of chimpanzees were still using their own technique in solving the puzzle . Hence , this research proves what has already been observed in the wild for...