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14 Cards in this Set
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Analogies
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Similarities arising as a result of is lair selective forces; traits produced by convergent evolution.
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Anthropoids
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Members of Anthropoidea, one of the two suborders of primates; monkeys, apes, and humans are anthropoids.
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Arboreal
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Tree-dwelling
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Bipedal
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Upright two-legged locomotion.
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Brachiation
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Swinging hand over hand movement through trees.
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Convergent evolution
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Independent operation of similar selective forces; process by which analogies are produced.
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Hominoid
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Protoapes, or simple apes; homing idea is the super family that includes fossils and living apes and humans.
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Homologies
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Traits that organisms have jointly inherited from their common ancestor.
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M.y.a
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Million years ago
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Opposable thumb
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A thumb that can touch all of the fingers.
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Primatology
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The study of biology, behavior, social life, and evolution of monkeys, apes, and other non-human primates.
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Prosimians
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The primate suborder that includes lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers.
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Taxonomy
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Classification scheme; assigned to categories.
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Terrestrial
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Ground-dwelling.
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