BIOL 3306 – Evolutionary Biology (1) Why study evolution? Ricardo Azevedo August 23, 2011 Outline General information Instructors General information What is evolution?…
Chapter 4 Becoming edit Master subtitle Click to Human: The Origin and Diversity of our Species style n n Anthropologists gather information from a variety of sources to…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Topics A history of apemen – the track record Two case studies 1. Neandertals 2. Australopithecines and Lucy How evolution hinders critical thinking Mechanism…
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Slide 1Biotech Slide 2 Slide 3 the human genome is 99.9% identical worldwide the human genome is also ~98% the same as the genome of chimps (our closest living relatives)…
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Slide 1 The Last Ape Standing Slide 2 It is therefore probable that Africa was formerly inhabited by extinct apes closely allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee: and as these…