Ancient Apes & Our Earliest Ancestors ~ with anthropologist Andrew Holmes
Channel: Evolution Soup
Date: 2019-07-23

So, then ... did we REALLY evolve from monkeys?

ANDREW HOLMES studies the evolution of ancient apes and monkeys from millions of years before humans and how they relate to us. He currently researches at the University of Toronto Department of Anthropology.

MARK from Evolution Soup talks to Andrew about the difference between apes and monkeys, their relation to human evolution, and if the recent discovery 'Ida' is really the famed missing link!


00:00 START
00:52 How did you become interested in this subject?
02:44 What are the differences between monkeys & apes?
06:38 What is a 'Pliopith'?
10:44 How do these ancient apes relate to humans?
15:34 What about the split between humans & chimpanzees?
21:20 Is 'Ida' the missing link?
26:13 Talk about your upcoming research.


LINKS FOR ANDREW HOLMES:

Twitter: @anthroholmes

Instagram: @anthroholmes

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew_Holmes16


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