Morphology

·         study of shape or form in transition.

Homoplasies

traits based on similar pressures

o   - traits that are the same, based on shared ancestor.

Adaptive Radiation

Species that are closely related look very different

Convergence

opposite of adaptive radiation. Two distantly related species look similar. Based on similar pressures of environment.

Vestigal traits

traits that were left over, but not needed anymore.

Ontogeny

start of life to death. Your life!

1925 - Raymond Dart

·         found first hominid fossil in Africa.

o   Previously everyone said that we all originated in Africa.

o   Taung – A. Africanus found. 3-6 years of age

Foramen magnum – the whole in the back of the head is shaped differently