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Category Archives: Primate

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Monkeys and mirrors: are monkeys self-aware?

March 21, 2013by Adam Benton 3 Comments

Being able to recognise yourself in the mirror is a sign you’re self-aware, which is a key step on the road towards theory of mind and other complex thought processes. It has long been thought that monkeys cannot recognise themselves in the mirror, or can they?

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Evolution of the brain, Primate, Primatology, Science

Why Our Brains Are Big

February 5, 2013by Adam Benton 5 Comments

This post first appeared at The Advance Apes on 1/31/13 One of the most important traits we’ve developed over the course of human evolution is our exceptionally large brains. Brain […]

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Anatomy, Archaeology, Chimps, Evolution, Evolution of the brain, Human evolution, Primate, Primatology, Science
Some of the bones with tool marks from Bouri

Did Australopithecus make stone tools?

January 3, 2013by Adam Benton 8 Comments

The first stone tools manufactured by our ancestors were part of the Oldowan industry. This toolkit consists of small sharp flakes which could be used for a wide range of […]

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Anatomy, Archaeology, Chimps, Evolution, Human evolution, Prehistory, Primatology, Science, Technology
The toothless skull from Dmanisi (left) and a computer model of the skull, showing what it should look like if the tooth sockets did not disappear (right)

Caring Homo erectus

November 27, 2012by Adam Benton 3 Comments

Empathy is an important human emotion, forming the foundation of the social emotions which underpin our communities. Our desire to care for one another – often at great personal cost […]

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Anatomy, Archaeology, Chimps, Evolution, Human evolution, Migration, Prehistory, Primate, Primatology, Relationships, Science, Technology
A statistical analysis of scapulas. The left clusters are apes, the right human (except for the circles which are orang-utans). L & R are Sema's left and right scapula.

Australopithecus afarensis: tree climber

November 7, 2012by Adam Benton 8 Comments

Australopithecus afarensis is a bipedal human ancestor which lived in Africa from 3.9 – 2.9 million years ago. It’s particularly notable for being the first hominin to have a human-like […]

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Anatomy, Chimps, Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution, Primate, Primatology, Science
The recalculated divergence of humans and chimps

Humans and chimps diverged earlier than previously thought

October 2, 2012by Adam Benton 10 Comments

Our lineage’s fossil record is especially sparse between 4 – 8 million years ago. From that time period we have roughly 50 fragmented specimens making up only 6 or so […]

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Chimps, Evolution, Genetics, Human evolution, Neanderthals, Primate, Science
Bonobos being more risk averse than chimps (left) and both being more pro-risk in competitive situations (right)

Competition makes apes take greater risks

August 23, 2012by Adam Benton 2 Comments

A “farmer curve” is a graph which charts the chance of an event occurring against how bad that event will be, in effect calculating how risky a particular situation is. […]

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Chimps, Evolution, Evolution of the brain, Human evolution, Primate, Primatology, Science
The reconstruction of Lucy

Lucy the knuckle walking ape? – Misguided Mondays

August 13, 2012by Adam Benton 36 Comments

Answers in Genesis have “refuted” this post. I offer a counter-refutation here Answers in Genesis runs the (in)famous Creation Museum, where they expound the Biblical account of how the earth […]

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Anatomy, Chimps, Creationism, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution, Primate, Science
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The mysterious StW 89 metatarsal

August 3, 2012by Adam Benton Leave a comment

StW 89 is the designation of a recently described 2-2.6 million year old second metatarsal from the Sterkfontein formation in South Africa. As a metatarsal, it’s an important fossil since […]

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Anatomy, Archaeology, Chimps, Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution, Primate, Science

Transitional hominins and creationists – Misguided Mondays

July 30, 2012by Adam Benton 16 Comments

Some species can be defined as “mosaic.” In other words, that they possess a combination of features from two other species. These species are particularly useful, revealing evolutionary relationships between […]

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Chimps, Creationism, Media, Primate, Science

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Adam Benton

Adam Benton

I'm studying evolutionary anthropology at the University of Liverpool. I'm currently in my third year of an undergraduate degree, hoping to progress onto a PhD someday. I'm too interested in human evolution for my own good, so decided to write a blog on it.

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