The complex unfolding of human evolution over the ... story in the larger volume of primate evolutionary history. Humans, and our hominin ancestors, belong to a family of great apes that includes ...

As members of the exclusive primate family, we humans know just how special this mammalian order is. Even our most distant ...

Compared to the lesser primates, such as monkeys and lemurs ... and other aspects. In this family tree, have a look at what sets us and the four other hominids apart from one another.*— ...

Studies of brain evolution have moved rapidly in recent years, building on the pioneering research of Harry J. Jerison. This book provides state-of-the-art reviews of primate (including human) brain ...

What is macroevolution? Why is it important? How can macroevolutionary thinking help with interpreting patterns of primate evolution? Understanding macroevolution is important because it explains ...