1 Genetics and Evolution IB 201 06- Lecture 8 Human Evolution I. Primate Classification Superfamily— 1. Family— 2. Family— Subfamily— Subfamily— II. Phylogeny of Old World Monkeys and Apes (Including Humans) III. Synapomorphies A. Hominoidea B. Homininae (African great apes)2 IV. Phylogenies of Chimps, Humans and Gorillas A. Evidence from morphology— B. Evidence from different genes • • • • V. Gene trees versus Species Trees • the problem • the solution3 VI. Recent Human Evolution A. Characteristics of common ancestor of human and chimp B. Trend in relative brain sizes (gorilla, chimp, humans) C. Summary of fossil skull transitions (chimp to Homo sapiens) D. Hypothetical lineages leading to Homo sapiens VII. Hypotheses of Modern Human Evolution (Archaic to modern humans) 1. Name— Characteristics • •4 2. Name— Characteristics • • 3. Name Characteristics • • XIII. Language Evolution Refs: F&H: Chap. 18 Futuyma, D. 2005. Evolution. Sinauer, Sunderland,
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