Palaeos		Primates
Vertebrates		Dendrogram

Primates: Dendrogram

ARCHONTA
|
PRIMATES
|--Strepsirhini
`--Haplorhini
    |--Tarsiiformes
    `--Anthropoidea
       |--Platyrrhini
       `--Hominoidea
          |--Hylobatidae
          `--Hominidae
               `--+--Ponginae
                   `--Homininae
                        `--Hominini

Dendrogram

The following dendrogram represents a somewhat misleadlingly linear "great chain of being" / "ascent of man" model of human evolution. Hopefully this will be corrected in future, as the various other branche son the primate evolutionary tree are fille dout. MAK120711

ARCHONTA
|
PRIMATES MH
|--Strepsirhini MH
|   |--Lorisiformes 
|   `--Lemuriformes  
|      |--Indrioidea MH
|      `--Lemuroidea
`--+--Adapiformes X 
   `--+--Darwinius X 
      `--Haplorhini
         |--Tarsiiformes MH
         `--Anthropoidea MH
             |--Platyrrhini ToL
             `--Catarrhini
                 |--Cercopithecidae
                 `--Hominoidea MH
                    |--Proconsul X 
                    `--+--Kenyapithecus  X 
                       `--+--Hylobatidae
                          `--Hominidae
                              |--Dryopithecus  X 
                              `--+--Pierolapithecus  X 
                                 `--+--Ponginae
                                    |   |==Sivapithecus  X 
                                    |   |--Gigantopithecus  X 
                                    |   `--Pongo
                                    `--Homininae
                                       |--Samburupithecus  X 
                                       |--Nakalipithecus  X 
                                       `--+--Gorillini 
                                          |   |--Chororapithecus   X 
                                          |   `--Gorilla 
                                          `--+--Sahelanthropus  X 
                                             `--+--Pan
                                                 `--Hominini
                                                    |--Ardipithecus  X 
                                                    `--+--Australopithecus afarensis  X 
                                                       |?--Paranthropus aethiopicus (if descended from A afarensis)   X 
                                                       `--+--Australopithecus africanus  X 
                                                          `--+--Paranthropus  X 
                                                             |  |?--Paranthropus aethiopicus   X 
                                                             |  `--+--Paranthropus robustus   X 
                                                             |     `--Paranthropus boisei   X 
                                                             `--+--Kenyanthropus  X 
                                                                `--Homo
                                                                   |--Homo habilis  X 
                                                                   `--+==Homo erectus  X 
                                                                      |   `--Homo  floresiensis  X 
                                                                      `--+==Homo heidelbergensis  X 
                                                                         `--+--Homo neanderthalensis  X 
                                                                            `--Homo sapiens





    

        
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