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Sequences in Hominoid evolution

โœ Scribed by J. S. Weiner

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1961
Tongue
English
Weight
84 KB
Volume
2
Category
Article
ISSN
0072-1050

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โœฆ Synopsis

Abstract

In the generally accepted mammalian classification, the higher Primates including Man are classified as follows:โ€”

Suborder ANTHROPOIDEA

Superfamily CEBOIDEA

Superfamily CERCOPITHECOIDEA

Superfamily HOMINOIDEA

Family Pongidae (Genera Hylobates, Pongo, Pan, Gorilla

Family Hominidae (Genera Extinct genera.

Australopithecus,

Pithecanthropus, Homo.

This is of course primarily a taxonomic scheme. How far is it also an evolutionary scheme and what are the probable phyletic relationships, particularly within the Hominoidea? There are two questions of particular importance: (a) What is the relationship of pongid to hominid, is it one of common ancestry? (b) If so, what is the nature of this common ancestral stage?

We can answer these questions quite conveniently by looking in turn first at the hominid evolutionary sequence and then at the pongid sequence.

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