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One of several severe problems facing gradualists and Darwinists alike is the occurrence of what has come to be known as ‘the Cambrian explosion’ which took place around 530 million years ago. In 1992, evolutionary biologist Jeffrey Levington described the period as ‘evolutionary biology’s deepest paradox,’[i] and if one delves further into the facts regarding this incredible geological epoch it is easy to see why.

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A phylogenetic tree is a graphic that shows how creatures have evolved over time. Phylogenetic trees are only that: theories, not facts. A phylogenetic tree's branching pattern indicates how species or other groupings emerged from a common ancestor. Two species are more linked in trees if they have a recent common ancestor, and less related if they share a distant common ancestor. Phylogenetic trees can be drawn in a variety of ways. The information carried by a tree does not change as it is…

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Fields of Biological Anthropology

Current concerns of biological anthropology are briefly discussed to give a basic understanding to the learners: 1. Paleoanthropology 2. Paleoprimatology 3. Osteology 4. Human Genetics 5. Population Genetics 6. Molecular Anthropology 7. Human Variation 8. Human Growth and Development 9. Human Ecology 10. Forensic Anthropology 11. Demography.

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Human evolution is a part of "biological anthropology" and requires a multidisciplinary approach that includes evolutionary biology, primatology, genetics, paleoecology, geology, mathematics, linguistics, and other disciplines.

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