Atelidae Essays

Archaeology Essay: Bipedalism in hominids Introduction: Bipedalism is the defining characteristic of all hominins. It is what separates us from all other primates as it occurs uniquely in our species. The physical and mental characteristics of hominins has changed dramatically over our evolutionary timeline that has led to current day humans. If you were to compare a modern day human with our earliest hominin ancestors there are few similarities between them. However the one feature that unites all

Self Entrapment In “Monkey Hill,” Stan Rice writes about the speaker’s experience when going to the zoo and visiting the spider monkey exhibit. The speaker looks at the monkeys throughout the poem pointing out certain actions that occur. Throughout the poem, Rice highlights different things each monkey does. Ultimately, Rice illustrates the fact that the monkeys act as a metaphor: although they are trapped in an enclosure, internally they are free. On the other hand, the speaker fails to realize