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Ramapithecus and Human Origins

An Anthropologist’s Perspective of Changing Interpretations

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New Interpretations of Ape and Human Ancestry

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According to the Baconian view of how science proceeds, the changing interpretations of Ramapithecus indicated in this volume (and elsewhere) reflect a shifting data base. Presumably, as more data have been recovered, the hypotheses regarding their interpretation have correspondingly shifted to adequately encompass a more complete (and presumably more revealing) data set. Because it has been contended at various times that Ramapithecus is the earliest hominid,* these changing interpretations have in turn resulted in different theories of hominid origins.

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