Chapter 18, Problem 7RQ

Summary Introduction

To outline:

The evolution of humans from early primates. Include features such as binocular vision, grasping hands, bipedal locomotion, tool making and brain expansion.

Introduction:

Humans are evolved from early primates. The tree living placental mammals are placed under order primates. It is divided into two subgroups: prosimians that include lemurs, tarsiers, and lorises and anthropoids that include monkeys, apes, and humans. They show the characteristics like the development of the large brain, grasping a hand and binocular vision. The order primates have a family Hominidae that includes great apes or hominids.