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keesey — Evolution of the Human
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Published: 2011-03-04 16:30:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 7269; Favourites: 75; Downloads: 1039
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Figures by Steven Coombs, T. Michael Keesey, Smokey BJB, Nobu Tamura, & Mateus Zica.Figures taken from PhyloPic. [link]
Figures set to scale.
Positions are not proportionate to timescale.
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Im a BIG fan of human evolution and big history, especially when it tracks it down to a single cell. So i fav this.
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How long has it been since phylopic has been running?
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PhyloPic has been up since February 2011.
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The largest aquatic animal in your diagram looks too mammalian. It looks more like a proto-whale, rather than a pre-lizard.
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It's a lobe-finned fish, looks like the silhouette of Tiktaalik.
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you're right
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The silhouettes for this image are taken from a new site I've launched, called PhyloPic. [link]
PhyloPic is an open database of reusable silhouette images of life forms. Anyone may submit silhouettes. [link]
I strongly encourage scientific illustrators to come check it out!
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