Evolution And History

Dating the Past 117 culture areas, series have even been developed for particu- lar styles of pottery. Similar inferences are ma ...

118 CHAPTER 5 | Field Methods in Archaeology and Paleoanthropology of rings with those in the trunk of a tree of known age, ar- ...

Chance and Study of the Past 119 Chance and Study of the Past Archaeological and fossil records are imperfect. Chance circumstan ...

120 CHAPTER 5 | Field Methods in Archaeology and Paleoanthropology Similarly, paleoanthropologists no longer simply catalogue fo ...

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Challenge Issue The recent popularity of human evolutionary studies in the media has brought with it new challenges. How can the ...

123 CHAPTER 6 Macroevolution and the Early Primates Chapter Preview When and Where Did the First Primates Appear, and What Were ...

124 CHAPTER 6 | Macroevolution and the Early Primates Today, humans are the only primate existing globally. We inhabit every con ...

Macroevolution and the Process of Speciation 125 these social barriers have no biological counterpart. For humans, there are no ...

126 CHAPTER 6 | Macroevolution and the Early Primates All working evolutionary scientists—including Gould, the champion of the p ...

Macroevolution and the Process of Speciation 127 bilateral symmetry, a body plan in which the right and left sides of the body a ...

128 CHAPTER 6 | Macroevolution and the Early Primates But with the demise of the dinosaurs, all sorts of op- portunities became ...

Macroevolution and the Process of Speciation 129 Original Study Melding Heart and Head by Sir Robert May Today we are living at ...

130 CHAPTER 6 | Macroevolution and the Early Primates Continental Drift and Geologic Time As described in Chapter 5, context and ...

Early Mammals 131 distinct tooth types, the structure of which varies by spe- cies. Knowledge of the way the teeth fit together ...

132 CHAPTER 6 | Macroevolution and the Early Primates The Rise of the Primates Early primates began to emerge during this time o ...

The Rise of the Primates 133 Primates Anthropoid Prosimian Relatively short snout Relatively long snout Orbit completely enclose ...

134 CHAPTER 6 | Macroevolution and the Early Primates recently, the earliest evidence consisted of the tiny species Eosimias (pr ...

The Rise of the Primates 135 Biocultural Connection Why “Ida” Inspires Navel-Gazing at Our Ancestry by Meredith F. Small One lon ...

136 CHAPTER 6 | Macroevolution and the Early Primates Eurasia. Once joined through the region of what is now the Middle East and ...