The first set of hypotheses proposed to explain the anteriorly directed orbits and orbital convergence of primates were proposed in the early 1900’s, and have since become known collectively as making up the “Arboreal theory.” The Arboreal theory suggests that …
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The incredible diversity in eye morphology within the animal kingdom led previous researchers to believe these different forms evolved independently of one another. However, studies of embryological development, genetics, and morphology across lineages suggest that the wide variety of eyes …
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Every living thing springs from some parental genetic information. The genetic information encoded in every individual living organism is a modified version of its “parents’” genetic information, which was a modified version of their “parents’” genetic information, and so on. …
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