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What is human phylogeny?


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Human Phylogeny:

  1. Phylogeny is defined as the sequence of evolutionary relationships between a group of organisms.
  2. Human phylogeny is a discipline of science that studies the evolutionary development and diversification of humans.
  3. This extends to special characteristics of humans – such as bipedalism or even brain size.
  4. The scientific name of humans is Homo sapiens.
  5. They belong to the family hominid.

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