Species,speciation and human evolution |
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Authors: | A Turner |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Transvaal Museum, PO Box 413, 0001 Pretoria, South, Africa |
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Abstract: | Human evolution is considered from the perspective of the recognition concept of species, which views species as an epiphenomenon
of shared fertilisation systems in sexually reproducing organisms. It is argued that this concept predicts the controversial
pattern of punctuated equilibrium, and offers an understanding of the hominid fossil evidence in line with that pattern. Changes
in the nature of the fertilization system in the human lineage over time are discussed in relation to the pattern of morphological
continuity between proposed species. |
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Keywords: | human evolution species speciation Recognition Concept evolutionary tempo and mode |
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