Vertebrate Paleontology

24.

Primate and Human Evolution

24.1.

Primate Characteristics

24.1.1.

24.1.2.

Forward-facing Eyes

24.1.3.

Large Brain Size

24.1.4.

Social Behavior

24.2.

Early Primate Evolution

24.2.1.

Plesiadapiformes

24.2.1.1.

24.2.1.2.

24.2.1.3.

Primate Relationships

24.2.2.

24.2.2.1.

24.2.2.2.

24.2.2.3.

Anthropoid Origins

24.3.

Anthropoid Radiation

24.3.1.

24.3.1.1.

New World Monkeys

24.3.1.2.

South American Isolation

24.3.2.

24.3.2.1.

Old World Monkeys

24.3.2.2.

24.4.

Hominoid Evolution

24.4.1.

24.4.1.1.

24.4.1.2.

24.4.1.3.

24.4.2.

Crown Hominoids

24.4.2.1.

24.4.2.2.

24.5.

Great Ape Diversification

24.5.1.

24.5.1.1.

24.5.1.2.

Gigantopithecus

24.5.2.

24.5.2.1.

24.5.2.2.

24.6.

Hominin Evolution

24.6.1.

24.6.2.

24.6.3.

24.6.4.

Australopithecus

24.6.4.1.

Australopithecus afarensis

24.6.4.2.

Australopithecus africanus

24.6.4.3.

Australopithecus sediba

24.6.5.

24.6.5.1.

Robust Australopithecines

24.6.5.2.

Dietary Specializations

24.6.6.

24.6.6.1.

24.6.6.2.

Homo rudolfensis

24.6.6.3.

24.6.7.

24.6.7.1.

Homo heidelbergensis

24.6.7.2.

Homo neanderthalensis

24.6.7.3.

24.7.

Key Evolutionary Trends

24.7.1.

24.7.2.

Brain Expansion

24.7.3.

24.7.4.

Cultural Evolution

24.7.5.

Language Development

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