This process, whereby species evolve rapidly to exploit empty ecospace, is known as adaptive radiation. In his memoir, The Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin noted, almost as if in awe, "One might ...

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Yet, there are many examples of macroevolutionary phenomena found in the order Primates, including stasis, adaptive radiations, extinctions of entire lineages, co-evolution, and convergent evolution.