Vertebrate Paleontology

  1. Primate and Human Evolution
    1. Primate Characteristics
      1. Grasping Hands
        1. Forward-facing Eyes
          1. Large Brain Size
            1. Social Behavior
            2. Early Primate Evolution
              1. Plesiadapiformes
                1. Purgatorius
                  1. Carpolestes
                    1. Primate Relationships
                    2. Euprimates
                      1. Adapiformes
                        1. Omomyiformes
                          1. Anthropoid Origins
                        2. Anthropoid Radiation
                          1. Platyrrhini
                            1. New World Monkeys
                              1. South American Isolation
                              2. Catarrhini
                                1. Old World Monkeys
                                  1. Ape Evolution
                                2. Hominoid Evolution
                                  1. Proconsuloidea
                                    1. Proconsul
                                      1. Afropithecus
                                        1. Kenyapithecus
                                        2. Crown Hominoids
                                          1. Hylobatidae
                                            1. Hominidae
                                          2. Great Ape Diversification
                                            1. Ponginae
                                              1. Sivapithecus
                                                1. Gigantopithecus
                                                2. Homininae
                                                  1. Gorillini
                                                    1. Hominini
                                                  2. Hominin Evolution
                                                    1. Sahelanthropus
                                                      1. Orrorin
                                                        1. Ardipithecus
                                                          1. Australopithecus
                                                            1. Australopithecus afarensis
                                                              1. Australopithecus africanus
                                                                1. Australopithecus sediba
                                                                2. Paranthropus
                                                                  1. Robust Australopithecines
                                                                    1. Dietary Specializations
                                                                    2. Early Homo
                                                                      1. Homo habilis
                                                                        1. Homo rudolfensis
                                                                          1. Homo erectus
                                                                          2. Later Homo
                                                                            1. Homo heidelbergensis
                                                                              1. Homo neanderthalensis
                                                                                1. Homo sapiens

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                                                                            25. Macroevolutionary Patterns and Processes