HONR 1033 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Thomas Henry Huxley, Edward Tyson
Document Summary
19th century macroscopic morphology was only method to determine relationships among animals. Edward tyson was the first person to do dissection of chimpanzee/bonobo (1699) Thomas henry huxley systematically reviewed differences between modern humans and apes. Published in essay on the relations of man to the lower animal. In the book evidence as to man"s place in nature (1863) Charles darwin said that because humans have a similar phenotypic nature to african apes rather than asian apes, that the common ancestor would be found in africa. Precipitation reactions: scientists mixed animal serum with others to determine the relationship between them due to coagulation of proteins. The serum of two animals of the same species was translucent, but if you mixed the serums of two distantly related animals there was visible precipitation. Dna structure discovery watson, crick, rosalind franklin. Genomes complete for chimps, gorillas, and bonobos. Das et al dated mitochondrial divergence between eastern and western gorillas (2014)
