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arboreal hypothesis  

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  • Researchers in biology have often directed their efforts toward elucidating the origins of major phyla or classification groups. While we have paid the most attention to the larger questions of transitions between classes, we are also considerably interested in the origins of orders. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Arboreal Hypothesis]

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