1. Source: Web Shots.com – “Monkey Business” © Tom Brakefield Are monkeys in your family tree?

3. Early Primates end of the Cretaceous period (ca. 65 Mya) rapid increase in mammalian species after K-T event Primates were among these opportunistic, niche-filling species

4. Source: Boyd & Silk, 1999 Early Primates

5. Catopithecus brownii Source: Boyd & Silk, 1999

6. genus Proconsul

7. Source: Nature.com Sahelanthropus tchadensis

8. Ardipithecus ramidus Source: PBS – A Science Odyssey and Energy Science News

9. Australopithecus anamensis Source: PBS – A Science Odyssey and Modern Human Origins.com

10. Australopithecus afarensis “Lucy” Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and archeologyinfo.com

11. Spatiotemporal Distribution of Later Australopithecines SpeciesGeographic Location Temporal Distribution Morphology A. africanusSouth Africa3.6 - 2.2 MyaGracile A. robustusSouth Africa2.0 - 1.4 MyaRobust A. boiseiEast Africa2.2 - 1.2 MyaRobust A. aethiopicusEast Africa2.5 - 2.2 MyaRobust Source: Boyd & Silk, 1999

12. Australopithecus africanus Source: PBS – A Science Odyssey

13. Australopithecus robustus Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and archeologyinfo.com

14. Australopithecus aethiopicus Source: Humboldt University

15. “Zinj” - Australopithecus boisei Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and archeologyinfo.com

16. Early Homo Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and archeologyinfo.com

17. Homo habilis Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and archeologyinfo.com

18. Homo erectus Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and archeologyinfo.com

19. Homo sapiens (archaic) aka Homo heidelbergensis Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and Humboldt Univ.

20. Homo sapiens neanderthalensis Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and Humboldt Univ.

21. Homo sapiens (modern) Sources: PBS – A Science Odyssey and Humboldt Univ.

22. Pictorial Cladogram Source: PBS – A Science Odyssey

23. Source: archeologyinfo.com

24. Pedigree Chart Adam Eve You

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26. Male Mandrill © Tom Brakefield

27. Source: Webshots.com

28. Western Lowland Gorilla © Tom Brakefield

29. © SuperStock, Inc. – Webshots.com I don’t care if those humans are watching. Just kiss me!

30. Your author – the real missing link! John Bare MAS Department @ UNLV (702) 743-6271 bare@unlv.edu