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Anthro Human Evolution Neo Darwin

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This deck covers key concepts in Neo-Darwinian anthropology, focusing on human evolution and adaptive radiation, including definitions, processes, examples, and related concepts such as mosaic evolution, homologous traits, and convergence.

Adaptive Radiation

Coined by:

Hitch and Osburn

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Key Terms

Term
Definition

Adaptive Radiation

Coined by:

Hitch and Osburn

How is adaptive radiation defined?

State that Progressive of similar organism into dissimilar organism.

2 Pre-requisition for Adaptive Radiation

  1. There should be adaptive potential of the organism, which is based on biological characteristics or potential of the organism

  2. <...

Darwin on Adaptive Radiation

It is different spokes radiating from center of hub of a wheel.

osburn on adaptive radiation

It is great variety of adaption to different environment/ niches.

Diagram and example of adaptive radiation

Divergent disruption of NS graph.

Galapagos finches