ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-9: Natural Selection, Clavicle, Bound And Unbound Morphemes

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1150
• Professor: Victor Gulewitsch

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Also refers to the results of the process the characteristics of organisms that fit them to. Human culture came into existence a mere 2. 5 million years ago. Biologists classify humans as belonging to the primate order a group of mammals that includes lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys and apes. The first primates originated a time when a new mild climate favoured the spread of dense tropical and subtropical forests over much of the earth. Forestation set the stage for evolutionary development from a relatively inconspicuous ground existence to tree living. Adaptation refers to a process that organisms undergo to achieve a beneficial adjustment to an available environment the particular set of environmental condition they are generally found in. Natural selection: favours not just the survival of well adapted individuals but also the propagation of their genetic traits. -well adapted individuals produce a greater number of off spring for the next generation.