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Howler Monkeys Part 2: Dietary Needs and Habits

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Carl Feagans

Howler Photo by princessangel Milton’s Study on and Island in the Panama Canal Milton studied two groups of mantled howlers on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal (1980) and discovered that while howlers don’t have to pursue their foods, … Continue reading →

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Howler Monkeys Part 3: Vocalizations

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Carl Feagans

Howler Photo by JeanKearn Perhaps the most familiar characteristic of the howler monkey are their vocalizations for which they are named. Howlers, both male and female, use their loud, lion-like roars (Fleagle 1999 p150) to advertise their presence and to … Continue reading →

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Howler Monkeys Part 1: General Characteristics

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Carl Feagans

 Afarensis has been doing his weekly “Know Your Primate” series, so I hope he won’t mind if I toss in my bit on the howler monkey. It was his series that inspired me and reminded me that I had this … Continue reading →

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Gorillas Get Sodium From Tree Bark

Posted on July 14, 2006 by Carl Feagans

I remember my Primate Evolution class and the mention that Gorillas chew bark and spit it out. The hypothesis, according to my professor, was (if I remember correctly) possibly they do this for some nutrient they cannot get elsewhere. As … Continue reading →

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Stone Tools of a new Hominid Species?

Posted on June 12, 2006 by admin

On 5/23/06, I blogged about Homo floresiensis: New Species or Modern Human? and I mentioned the debate over whether H. floresiensis represents a new species of hominid or just a pathologically affected modern human. These are the two primary dogs … Continue reading →

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Homo floresiensis: New Species or Modern Human?

Posted on May 24, 2006 by admin

One of the more fascinating debates in anthropology right now is the explanation of LB1, a.k.a. “the Hobbit,” –the proposed new hominid species Homo floresiensis. Found in 2003 in the Liang Bua Cave on the island of Flores in Indonesia. … Continue reading →

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