ANT203H5 Lecture Notes - Mosaic Evolution, Critical Role, Foramen
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Look at them carefully (chapter 7) that is devoted to growth. The first split happened 12-16 mya with the orangutans. Then closely after, the chimps and humans split around 5-7 mya. This is the incorrect from the cladistics point of view. In the traditional classification, it is not only the phylogenetic history. This is not correct from the evolutionary point of view. Hominidae now encompasses all the great apes and humans. Now all member of the human family are called hominin because they are from the tribe. Important note about nomenclature that will be used in this course. In the remaining lectures of this course we will refer to the members of the human lineage as hominins , following the cladistic classification. However, you should be aware that the term hominids , is still used quite often. And you can date it with some of the methods described before . Some times, it is not easy to know!
