Sentences with phrase «ape evolution»

"Ape evolution" refers to the process by which apes, a group of primates, have gradually changed and developed over millions of years. It describes how apes, including modern-day species like chimpanzees and gorillas, have evolved from common ancestors, adapting to their environments and acquiring new traits and characteristics. Full definition
The findings suggest that intentional imitation in ape evolution might have evolved for communicative and affiliative purposes, besides the more widely acknowledged learning function of imitation.
The fossil skull throws light on that period of ape evolution.
The comparison with other sequenced genomes revealed that over the course of great ape evolution, about 90 % of the genome has been influenced by natural selection.
Petite primate fossil could upend ideas about ape evolution.
New infant cranium from the African Miocene sheds lights on ape evolution.
«Biologists home in on paleo gut for clues to our evolutionary history: Evolution of gut bacteria in humans and hominids parallels ape evolution
An ancient primate's partial skeleton, discovered in northeastern Spain, is poised to downsize ape evolution in a big way.
Bruce, Rex and Kevin Wilton A gene that could have been vital to human evolution has been discovered - perhaps the crucial step that separated early man from the apes
Further studies of casts of the inner braincase, which show impressions from surface features of the brain, may help clarify N. alesi's position in ape evolution, Nengo says.
The discovery came about while researchers were exploring and comparing the accumulation of copy number variants during great ape evolution.
We now know a large amount about the evolution of the human line since it split from the chimp lineage about 7 million years ago, but the earlier stages of ape evolution — particularly the split between all living apes — are still hazy.
Scally's group comes up with a date of about 6 million years ago, adjusting what would have been a more recent estimate by assuming that the mutation rate slowed over time in ape evolution.
A gibbon - like size has a range of consequences for existing models of ape evolution.
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