Dominica McNair
College writing II
Dr. Wielgos
April 6, 2014
Annotated Bibliography
Gibbs, Richard A., and Jeffery Rogers. “Gorilla gorilla
gorilla”. Nature 483.7388 (2012):
164-165. ProQuest. Web. 6 April 2013.
The
source’s main point is gorilla Genomics. The main claim is the genetic
similarities to humans and chimps that support evolution. This source shows
evidence by stating 30% of human and gorilla Genome are more similar than that
of a human and a chip molecular-genetic study. This relates to my thesis by
comparing human and gorilla genomes similarities. This source relates to my
other sources by discussing similar studies of evolution. This is worth using
because it includes relative information on gorilla closeness to humans.
Kano, Fumihiro, Joseph Call, and Tomonaga Masaki. “Face
and eye scanning in gorillas, orangutans, and humans: Unique eye-viewing patterns
in humans among hominids”. Journal of Comparative
Psychology 126.4 (2012): 388-398. EBSCO.
Web. 6 April 2014.
Comparing
face, eyeball scanning, and unique eye viewing patterns in humans and gorillas
is the source’s main point. The main claim is how gorillas and humans are
similar and different in the way they view faces and the eyes. The evidence to
support the main claim was an extensive study done on them both using a sense
of pictures of different species. This relates to my thesis by giving both
examples of how gorillas and humans are similar and also shows some
differences. Similarity being both species viewed mostly the faces and eyes of
the pictures. Difference being that humans do more prolonged eye viewing than
gorillas’ showing that pattern in humans is internally driven rather than
stimulus driven like in gorillas. Prolonged eye viewing in gorillas can
indicate a mild threat. Gaze avoidance in gorillas indicates submission.
Another similarity is they both share a basic set of facial communicative
skills. This source relates to my other sources by showing relative information
on comparing the two species.
Lonsdorf, Elizabeth. “The role of behavioral research in
the conservation of chimpanzees and gorillas”. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 10.1 (2007): 71-78. Web.
6 April 2014.
The
source’s main point is behavioral research about gorillas and apes. The main
claim is gorillas and chimps are the closest relatives to humans; they share
most of the exact same genetic code as humans. They also have many of the same
behavioral acts and share strong family bonds like humans. This source shows
evidence to support its claim by the showing in the article that chimps and
gorillas have a cognitive capacity to act upon high level tasks such as tool
making. This relates to my thesis by discussing similarities shared between
humans and gorillas. This source relates to my other sources by discussing
similar studies of actions made by gorillas relating to humans. This is worth
using in my propjet because it includes various similarities among gorillas and
humans.
Scally, Aylwyn, et al. “Insights into hominid evolution
from the gorilla genome sequence”. Nature
483.7388 (2012): 169-75. ProQuest.
Web. 6 April 2013.
The
source’s main point is evolution from the gorilla genome sequence. The main claim
that supports its main point is that humans share various elements of their
anatomy and physiology with gorillas. The evidence used to support its claim,
is in 30% of the genome, rather than chimps, gorillas are closer to humans than
the latter are to each other, which is rarer around coding genes, showing
selection throughout gorilla evolution. This source relates to my thesis by
giving clear examples of genetic similarities. This relates to my other sources
by relating to the similar genetic code of gorillas and humans. This source is
worth using for my project because it helps give a better understanding of the
similar genetic code.
Nakamichi, Masayuki, April Silldorff, Crystal Bringham,
and Peggy Sexton. “Baby-transfer and other interactions between its mother and
grandmother in a captive social group of lowland gorillas”. Primates 45 (2004): 73-77. EBSCO. Web. 6 April 2013.
This
source’s main point is the relation and actions between a mother gorilla and a
newborn gorilla. The main claim that supports the main point is the results in
the study of a mother and her infant gorilla. The mother never seemed to put
her baby gorilla down for the first few days. However, when the mother seemed
to need a break, she placed the baby near her daughter sugesting she wanted her
to hold the infant. The evidence the source uses to support its claim is
scaffolding is a huge part of a baby’s development. Both human and gorilla
wise. This relates to my working thesis by explaining the similar actions and
connections between a mother gorilla and her newborn, to a human and her
newborn. This source relates to my other sources by further explaining different
similarities shared within humans and gorillas. This is worth using in my
project, because it is a great example of how gorillas are similar to humans by
giving a direct example of relations and interactions within their own.
Knapp, Stephanie, James McCulley, Thomas Alvarado, and
Nick Hogan. “Comparative ocular anatomy of the western lowland gorilla”. Veterinary Ophthalmology 10.6 (2007):
357-362. EBSCO. Web. 6 April 2013.
The
source’s main point is the fact that the gorilla eye has many similarities to
the human eye. The main claim that supports the main point is that, the optic
nerve of the tested gorilla eye, was extremely similar to the human optic
nerve. Not only the optic nerve but also the nerve fiber layer, ganglion cell
layer, inner nuclear layer, and the photoreceptor layer of the gorilla was
similar to those of the human eye. This relates to my thesis by giving the
example of the eyes of both human and gorillas being extremely similar. This
relates to my other sources by discussing the many similarities between humans
and gorillas. This source is worth using in my project, because it gives an
example of the eye as a similarity between gorillas and humans.
Mitchell, Robert. “Historical development and comparative
overviews”. Pretending and imagining in
animals and children. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 2002
eBook.
The
source’s main point is children and apes have rapid script development. The main
claim that supports the main point is for apes and young children; often time’s
one experience is enough to recreate it again. Both humans and gorillas are
fast learning. The evidence this source uses to support its claim, is the many
comparisons among how gorillas and children act upon playful actions. This relates to the other sources I am using
because it too gives useful examples of similar actions between gorillas and
humans. This source relates to my thesis by discussing examples of similar
actions and learning ways shared between gorillas and humans. This is worth
using in my project because it has great examples of similarities between both
humans and gorillas .
Parker, Sue Taylor, Robert W. Mitchell, and H. Lyn Miles.“Comparative
evolutionary and developmental perspectives on gorillas and orangutans”. The mentalities of gorillas and orangutans:
comparative perspectives. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 1999.
eBook.
This
source’s main point is the relation between gorillas and humans. The main claim
that supports the main point is the experiment done with teaching gorillas’
sign language. The evidence that supports its main claim is that gorillas are
intelligent enough to understand and taught complex tasks. This relates to my
working thesis by showing that gorillas are very alike humans in many ways.
This source relates to my other sources by giving examples of similarities, but
instead this one explains the experiment in great detail. This is worth using
because it would be helpful to show the intelligence level of gorillas to help
show the similarities within humans and gorillas.
Refection on project:
The annotated bibliography was a hard assignment. It was challenging when it came to citing the material. Though it wasn't bad when it came to writing about each source. Even after I fixed my Annotated bibliography once, I still noticed errors I needed to go back and fix. Getting the sources for this project wasn't hard, but finding scholarly articles were. I had to go back and find new articles after I had completed the project because they were not scholarly articles. That was frustrating, but over all the project wasn't the worse, but definitely not my favorite either.
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