BIOL 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Prosimian, Quadrupedalism, Molecular Clock
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Bio 1001 human evolution march, 13. Many cladograms don"t pay attention to humans. Humans share common descent with apes (we are apes: our dna is more similar to chimpanzees vs. gorilla-chimpanzee comparison. Evidence for this is genetic and fossil data. Why is pan in a different genus than homo. Most organism groups greater changed must be displayed before they would be. It is believed that the difference between the two genus" is very small classified as another genus. Believed that they should be put into homo or we should be put into pan. We share same evolutionary history (common ancestor: we diverged but we did not stop evolving, both are lineages but each have unique own evolutionary history. According to scientists, some of the pharmaceutical drugs used to treat depression in humans can be used to treat depression in pet dogs. There is a common ancestry in the portion of the brain involved in expressing emotions such as depression (answer)