ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Primatology
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Evolution doesn"t neccesarly work on indidivudals, it works on populations, on species, they are what evolve. What is a species a group of creatures which breed together and produce viable and fertile offspring. ---in other words - a group of indivuduals that have viable offspring (not just offspring, but offspring that are able to survive and also reproduce) Species can be quite similar in appreaces (deer) or quite different (dogs) May all live in one part of the world (polar bears) or in many parts of the world (right wales) Share behavrorial traits relating to social groups, food preferences, and reproductive strategies. ***important point in this class - the concept that the forces that acted on the planet. 10 million years ago are the same forces that act on the planet it today. Bioarchelogy doesn"t just look at bones but looks at the grave and what is in it.
