Dr. Todd Disotell: A New Tale of the Primate Split California Academy of Sciences on January 12, 2010
Summary:
Over the last few years, a wide range of dates have been put forth for the origins of the primates and the diversification of the major groups within them. However, recent advances in molecular genetics are radically changing ideas about when the emergence of primates took place and the subsequent branching of the major lineages. Scientists have proposed dates of over 80-90 million years for their emergence. A clearer idea of our lineage, provided by the fossil record, is now coming into focus thanks to new techniques in molecular analysis. It is an exciting moment in the story of humans and primates, as new data and methods suggest many divergences are more recent than traditionally thought.
This lecture presented by The Leakey Foundation and the California Academy of Sciences.
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