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Consider these facts: 1) chimpanzees and gorillas are knuckle-walkers, while humans are bipeds; 2) humans and chimps share a common ancestor about 5-7 million years ago, while both share a common ancestor with gorillas about 8-10 million years ago; 3) human bipedalism evolved over the last 4 or so million years.

Consider these facts: 1) chimpanzees and gorillas are knuckle-walkers, while humans are bipeds; 2) humans and chimps share a common ancestor about 5-7 million years ago, while both share a common ancestor with gorillas about 8-10 million years ago; 3) human bipedalism evolved over the last 4 or so million years. Assuming homology of traits, […]

 

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Selection acts on the phenotype, but it is the genotype, not the phenotype, which is inherited. Consider whether the genotype is less or more sensitive to selection if the allele in question 1) is dominant or recessive, 2) is distinguished from other alleles at the same locus by a synonymous or a non-synonymous point mutation, […]

 

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