ANTB22H3 Chapter 3: Chapter 3 NOTES
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Miocene monkeys and apes: the oldest miocene primates have been found in africa but similar specimen appear in europe and asia a few million years later. Sylvia piazza: the late miocene included the last common ancestor of todays african. Pliocene highlights: colobines and cercopithcines persisted through the pliocene in africa, europe and asia, theropithecus became widespread ancestor of the modern gelada babooks, the pliocene is also the period when the fossil evidence of bipedal primates in. East african volcanic deposits and sa caves became relatively abundant. Intraspecific variation: scientists who emphasize variation at the level of subspecies tend to fall into the category of taxanomic splitters whereas those who emphasize similarities at this level tend to fall into the category of taxanomic lumpers. The status of new species: newly discovered primate species are often identified on the basis of morpholcal characterists that distinguish them from other known species.
