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Internet Exerices1. Using sites listed under the heading Aquatic Ape Pages, at http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/aquatic.html, or other sites found using search engines, respond to the following:
- What is the Aquatic Ape theory?
- How do proponents of Aquatic Ape theory support their position?
- What flaws have been found in Aquatic Ape Theory?
- What is your position at this point? Why?
2. Chimpanzee observation - spend at least two hours observing chimpanzees, either in your local zoo or at a website such as http://www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci/chimpcam-main.html. Take notes of the behavior you observe, paying particular attention to gender. Then go to http://www.janegoodall.org/chimps/index.html and read about chimpanzee behavior in the wild.
- Describe in detail the behaviors you observed.
- Compare the behavior you observed to that described by Goodall.
- What conclusions do you reach, as a result of this comparison? Think especially in terms of the location of study.
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