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Theories Of Early Primate Evolution

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Throughout the years, primate evolution has been influenced by climate changes. This is because the bodies of these creatures have adapter over the years to the conditions surrounding their environment. Influences include the upright walking adaptation that was mainly an adaptation associated with dried habitats to not receive heat over their backs.

The theories of early primate evolution include: the arboreal theory, the visual predation theory, and the angiosperm radiation theory. The first theory and also the oldest states that primates evolved because they needed to be able to fit the environment they were placed into. The second theory states that primates evolved because they needed to survive therefore they needed to develop certain

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