While working a school fair and representing “Anthropology” as a whole and as a major, I met many students who did not know what anthropology was and what it meant. I feel it is important for people to understand exactly what it entails and the potential it has for better understanding the human condition and what makes us who we
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Present time is here. If you are hurrying around looking for something great to give to your animal enthusiast, here are some of oldies but goodies for this holiday season. “Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine” by Marion Nestle I just got the book, although it is a few years old now. This book is a serious
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There are a lot of things my mother has gotten used to by having me as a daughter: the “trail” of belongings I leave behind me when I come home to visit, the fact that I am the only one in the family (aside from her) that will eat real food (Dad and my brother would live off frozen pizza
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When I first walked into the sanctuary I was interning at in Central America, I had no idea what to expect. Throughout my first week I watched anxiously for my turn as other alum interns cared for and carried baby howlers. We provided all meals, carried them into the forest, and played with them throughout the day. It was everyone’s
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Mother’s day. Father’s day. College graduations in May. Pre-k through high school graduations in June. And birthdays year round. What is the most frightening of all of these? The recipients not enjoying their presents. We all have pictures of our younger selves playing with refrigerator boxes or empty pots and pans, sometimes with brand new toys right next to us.
Read morePrimate Connections 2015 Calendars Now Available! What fundraising project brings together 13 primate conservation organizations, four independent wildlife photographers, three primate conservation societies, two zoos, and half a dozen youth organizations, all in the name of primate conservation? The 2015 Primate Connections calendar, of course! Click here to view the calendar. Yes, that’s right. The 2015 Primate Connections Calendar Project
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I cannot deny the fact the baby monkeys are irresistibly cute. They seem so much like a human infant, it’s difficult not to instantly fall for them and fight the urge to care for them. BUT there are real dangers to keeping monkeys as pets – not just for humans, but for the monkeys themselves too. Primates are highly intelligent, emotionally
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Targeting might be the most beneficial behavior you could train your pet. When an animal targets, you are asking them to aim a body part towards a specific object. Once trained, this behavior has endless possibilities. A hamster shows aggressive behavior towards hands whenever they enter the cage to change food and water bowls. The hamster could be trained to
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Go to the meat refrigerator in any grocery store, and you’re guaranteed to see it: the organic meats section. Littered with happy-sounding-phrases like “antibiotic free” and “free-range,” it makes you as a consumer feel happier about the choices you’re making both for your own health and for the sake of the animals you’re consuming. But, does antibiotic-free really mean that
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As an organism grows and develops, chemical reactions activate and deactivate parts of the genome at specific locations at critical times. Epigenetics is the study of these chemical reactions and the factors that influence them. Here is a great video that outlines the basic principles of Epigenetics: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/intro/ Why is epigenetics important? It goes against the idea conventional thought that inheritance
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