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17 Cards in this Set
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Anthropoid Primates
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one of a subgroup of primates that includes monkeys apes and humans
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Australopithecine
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organisms from the genus Astralopithecus
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Bipedalism
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the ability to walk primarily on two legs
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Dental Formula
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number and arrangement of teeth
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Great Apes
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gibbon orangutan, gorilla, or chimpanzee
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Hominid
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a subgroup of primates that includes modern humans and their bipedal ancestors
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Lucy
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a half complete skeleton that was the first find of the hominid species Australopithecus afarensis
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Multiregional hypothesis
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a theory that states that modern humans evolved in parallel all over earth from different populations of Homo erectus.
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Opposable thumb
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a thumb that can be positioned opposite the other fingers
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Paleoanthropologists
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biological anthropologists-scientists who study fossil evidence of human evolution
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pelvis
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hip bones
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Prehensile
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grasping hands and in some species feet
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primate
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a member of the order Primates, the mammalian order that includes humans
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Prosimian Primate
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a suborder of modern primates that includes lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers
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Quadrupedal
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walk on four limbs
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Recent-African-origin hypothesis
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a theory that states that modern Homo sapiens originated in Africa only about 100,000 to 200,000 years ago and then, like Homo erectus before them, left Africa
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unicellular gemetangium
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a single celled gamete holder
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