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Source: Web Shots.com – “Monkey Business” © Tom Brakefield Are monkeys in your family tree?
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Early Primates end of the Cretaceous period (ca. 65 Mya) rapid increase in mammalian species after K-T event Primates were among these opportunistic, niche-filling species
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Source: Boyd & Silk, 1999 Early Primates
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Catopithecus brownii Source: Boyd & Silk, 1999
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genus Proconsul
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Source: Nature.com Sahelanthropus tchadensis
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Ardipithecus ramidus Source: PBS – A Science Odyssey and Energy Science News
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Australopithecus anamensis Source: PBS – A Science Odyssey and Modern Human Origins.com
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Australopithecus afarensis “Lucy” Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and archeologyinfo.com
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Spatiotemporal Distribution of Later Australopithecines SpeciesGeographic Location Temporal Distribution Morphology A. africanusSouth Africa3.6 - 2.2 MyaGracile A. robustusSouth Africa2.0 - 1.4 MyaRobust A. boiseiEast Africa2.2 - 1.2 MyaRobust A. aethiopicusEast Africa2.5 - 2.2 MyaRobust Source: Boyd & Silk, 1999
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Australopithecus africanus Source: PBS – A Science Odyssey
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Australopithecus robustus Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and archeologyinfo.com
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Australopithecus aethiopicus Source: Humboldt University
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“Zinj” - Australopithecus boisei Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and archeologyinfo.com
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Early Homo Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and archeologyinfo.com
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Homo habilis Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and archeologyinfo.com
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Homo erectus Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and archeologyinfo.com
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Homo sapiens (archaic) aka Homo heidelbergensis Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and Humboldt Univ.
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Homo sapiens neanderthalensis Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and Humboldt Univ.
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Homo sapiens (modern) Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and Humboldt Univ.
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Pictorial Cladogram Source: PBS – A Science Odyssey
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Source: archeologyinfo.com
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Pedigree Chart Adam Eve You
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Male Mandrill © Tom Brakefield
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Source: Webshots.com
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Western Lowland Gorilla © Tom Brakefield
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© SuperStock, Inc. – Webshots.com I don’t care if those humans are watching. Just kiss me!
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Your author – the real missing link! John Bare MAS Department @ UNLV (702) 743-6271 bare@unlv.edu
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