For this assignment you have to write a written response of least 400-500 words.
For this assignment you have to write a written response of least 400-500 words. Make sure to use your own voice. Once you post your own response, you need to reply to two other students. The reply has to be substantial and meaningful. Replying to their post should be an opportunity to provide feedback and expand on their explanation/understanding of primate evolution. Refrain from replying just by saying this interesting; if that′s your take, you have to write more about why you find it interesting. The goal of this assignment, including your responses, is to help you understand the concepts, hypotheses, and the fossil record of primate evolution. Choose 1 to 2 of the following topics to write about in your response.
Describe the major hypothesis about the primate origins.
Discuss the origin of primates from the Mesozoic era. Include geographic and temporal distribution, general morphological features.
Talk about the debate of plesiadapiforms as true primates, Adapoid diversity, Omomyoid Diversity.
Include the emergence of the modern primate groups and early anthropoid fossils in Africa (general morphology of Anthropoids, Fayun Anthropoid Families, Asia (Eosimiids, Amphipithecids). Explain the Platyrrhine dispersal to South America. Discuss the geographic distribution of apes in Africa, Asia and Europe.
The African Ape Diversity, Eurasian Ape Diversity.
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