Evolution

“Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution”, one professor

has stated. The orgin of primates is a biological phenomenon and is likely to be the

product of evolution. The author’s main aim of the article Evolution Theory and Primate

Behavior, was to show the importance to understanding the evolutionary theories

involved concerning the orgins of primates.

Dario Maestripieri and Peter Kappeler who are the authors of this article, chose to

come an informative rout to address the issue of the evolution of primates. The authors’

motivation to producing this article was to promote links to other developed theories and

other reasearch dealing with evolutionary biology.

There exist three theories concerning the orgins of primates. The first and the

oldest is the arboreal theory. The aboreal theory basically states that early primates

evolved to meet the needs of an arboreal l...