ape biogeography
type: Concept
broader: research/theoretical frameworks
broader: physical/biological anthropology
broader: geography/geology
broader: evolution
definition: Evolutionary biogeography addresses the historical relationship between geographic space and the processes of biological differentiation, such as speciation and adaptation. Darwin observed that the evolution of related species in different locations required that they also share a common ancestral location he called the “center of origin.” Darwin thought this requirement was so obvious that it constituted a self-evident truth and to call it into question was to appeal to the agency of a miracle. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Ape Biogeography]

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: ape biogeography

evolution
type: Concept
narrower: ape biogeography

geography/geology
type: Concept
narrower: ape biogeography

physical/biological anthropology
type: Concept
narrower: ape biogeography

research/theoretical frameworks
type: Concept
narrower: ape biogeography