A fairly understandable, if informationally dense examination of evolution in primates.
[QUOTE= the published abstract]
Comparative genomic analyses of primates offer considerable potential to define and understand the processes that mold, shape, and transform the human genome. However, primate taxonomy is both complex and controversial, with marginal unifying consensus of the evolutionary hierarchy of extant primate species. Here we provide new genomic sequence (~8 Mb) from 186 primates representing 61 (~90%) of the described genera, and we include outgroup species from Dermoptera, Scandentia, and Lagomorpha. The resultant phylogeny is exceptionally robust and illuminates events in primate evolution from ancient to recent, clarifying numerous taxonomic controversies and providing new data on human evolution. Ongoing speciation, reticulate evolution, ancient relic lineages, unequal rates of evolution, and disparate distributions of insertions/deletions among the reconstructed primate lineages are uncovered. Our resolution of the primate phylogeny provides an essential evolutionary framework with far-reaching applications including: human selection and adaptation, global emergence of zoonotic diseases, mammalian comparative genomics, primate taxonomy, and conservation of endangered species.
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Can’t say I expect a rapid retreat among evolution deniers.
But, for the sake of debate:
Why would there be such complex relationships among widely diverse, and widely separated species if they were not all the surviving descendents of successively smaller numbers of ancestral species?
Oh, and to be fair, these researchers were not trying to prove evolution happened. They were trying to find out exactly where, when and how it happened. By doing that, they hope to help others learn how to predict zoonosis, and metabolic disease prevalence in modern species, including H. Sapiens. (among other things)
Every time I learn more, I understand that I know so little.
Tris