Sentences with phrase «among nonhuman»

In one recent encounter, she said, Fredrika and Mokolo had sex face - to - face, which is rare among nonhuman species.

Thus, the policing as a conflict management mechanism seen among nonhuman primates might be a precursor for large - scale «police forces» that maintain normative behaviour in large - scale human societies.

Hrdy's argument would be buttressed by observations showing that orgasm among nonhuman female primates is correlated with promiscuous behavior.

Ethologist Frans de Waal has offered several observations of apparent empathy among nonhuman primates in his 1996 book Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals, but richer insights come from a series of studies published about 40 years ago, when standards for animal welfare were minimal.

Among nonhuman primates, chimpanzees have the highest, followed by orangutans and then gorillas and some monkeys.

«Having animals in human situations is always funny,» says Jane Kaplowitz, who made a series of watercolors featuring «lesbian» penguins and «gay» monkeys after reading a news article about homosexuality among nonhumans.

Not exact matches

, simple processes of interchange among living organisms, and operations of human and nonhuman consciousness.

Infants categorized as consuming «human milk by bottle only» and «nonhuman milk by bottle only» gained more weight than infants fed at the breast only, but there was no such bottle effect observed among infants categorized as consuming «human and nonhuman milk by bottle.»

There was little or noconversation among gerontologists about nonhuman aging models.

A retrovirus that naturally infects many nonhuman primate species can easily jump the species barrier to humans and does so frequently among bushmeat hunters in Africa, according to a study published in the 19 March issue of The Lancet.

The vaccines were evaluated for immunogenicity and efficacy; however, because of the previous report of immunopathology on challenge of ferrets and nonhuman primates that had been vaccinated with a whole virus adjuvanted vaccine and mice that had been vaccinated with a VLP vaccine, the primary orientation was to assess for immunopathology among animals in relation to type of vaccine, dosage, serum antibody responses, and virus infection.

Potential cardioprotection was based on generally supportive data on lipid levels in intermediate outcome clinical trials, trials in nonhuman primates, and a large body of observational studies suggesting a 40 % to 50 % reduction in risk among users of either estrogen alone or, less frequently, combined estrogen and progestin.2 - 5 Hip fracture was designated as a secondary outcome, supported by observational data as well as clinical trials showing benefit for bone mineral density.6, 7 Invasive breast cancer was designated as a primary adverse outcome based on observational data.3, 8 Additional clinical outcomes chosen as secondary outcomes that may plausibly be affected by hormone therapy include other cardiovascular diseases; endometrial, colorectal, and other cancers; and other fractures.3, 6,9

Moreover, Fitch and Zuberbühler [60] review evidence showing that the behavior, anatomy and neural circuitry that underpin vocal behavior are broadly shared among humans and nonhuman primates.

But among artists and scholars alike, the Asian nonhuman has also posed the utopic possibility of an identity free from the white gaze through the construction of a new life.

Community Partnering as a Tool for Improving Live Release Rate in Animal Shelters in the United States — Collaboration among all shelters and nonhuman animal welfare groups within a community along with the transparent, shared reporting of uniform data have been promoted as effective ways to increase the number of animals» lives saved.