For this lab we will use an example from a recent book, The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution by Sean B. Carroll. The example involves the evolution of primates and the use of genetic markers in reconstructing phylogenies (evolutionary histories, or "family trees"). The photos below show views of the primates involved.
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Photograph Credits:
YoungJane_portrait.jpg, JaneGoodall.org
ngs_smoking_chimpanzee.jpg, National Geographic Society
bonobo_NB07.jpg, Frans Lanting, Smithsonian Magazine
Bristol_zoo_western_lowland.jpg, Wikipedia, Arpingstone
resi.jpg, Mark Cohen, Sumatran Orangutan Society
dont_make_me_laugh.jpg, Lucy Wisdom, Sumatran Orangutan Society
