“Soe folks’ll boast about their family trees,And there’s some trees they ought to lop;But our family tree, believe me, goes right back,You can see monkey sitting on top!”

Biological Bush

-Evolution, often thought of as a ladder may be misleading

A better image is one of a bush with multiple branches

-Primates Hominids Pongids (gorillas) Panids (chimps)

East Side Story

-The great rift valley split Africa’s inhabitants into two major groups.

-An unfavorable climate forced a deprived species to adapt.

-Our ancestors possibly broadened their diet which led to better nourished brains.

Biological Bush

The book that shook the world

-Charles Darwin’s `On the Origin of Species’- changed the world view

-Humans were product of evolution not divine creation-Also proposed that the happenings were slow-Beaks of Darwin’s flinches provide a showcase of evolution

Inspired Selection

Nature is over-prolific in providing possible pathways.

Successful evolution can be a case of inspired or accidental selection.

Human took an innovative route.