Writing Prompt Five

Discuss the selective pressures operating in the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene that favored the adaptive radiation of monkeys and contributed to decreased diversity among apes.

Name and describe, in your own words, the three hypotheses of primate origins.

A 600-word minimum is fine for this prompt.

Use these resources for ideas:

https://smartplayer.captionsync.com/play.php?vid=1552088442mshojai_329f5edc2d98&embed=true&&show_transcript=t&start=4&end=221&showcc=t&show_transcript=t

or this same link if the first one didn’t work:

https://youtu.be/x6WojVdw7es

And this is the book (Chapter 9): https://ncia.wwnorton.com/75342