Skull growth and circular evolutionary tree (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Skull growth and circular evolutionary tree

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Circular evolutionary tree displaying skull growth and associated changes in the chewing apparatus in skulls of juvenile (inner ring) and adult (outer ring) primates. The study includes species of apes and humans (blue arrows), Central and South American monkeys (pink arrows), Asian and African monkeys (green arrows), and lemurs and lorises (yellow arrows).

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Image credit: H. Glowacka and G.T. Schwartz

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