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12 Cards in this Set
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What period does homo sapiens appear 200K years ago?
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Quanternary Period.
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What are the 4 characteristics if all primates?
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1. flat nail beds, not claws,
2. opposable thumbs 3. eyes in front of the head for great depth perception 4. brain is large in comparison to body size |
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Name the 3 main groups of primate lineage?
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1. prosimian
2. simian 3.hominoids |
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The hominoids have 2 subsections what are they?
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1. hominids
2. hominins |
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What are humans considered hominins or hominids?
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hominins
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What percentage of human genes are the same as Chimpanzee's genes?
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99%
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NO matter where people roamed, one byproduct of the huge human brain was culture, what is culture in this setting?
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Knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors that we transmit from generation to generation.
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What are the 3 groups of hominins in the human family tree?
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1.australopiths
2.paranthropus 3.homo |
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Which of the 3 groups of hominins still exist today?
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homo
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What caused the Irish potato famine?
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water molds
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What are water molds?
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decomposers and parasites
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Diploid filaments that secrete digestive enzymes are found in what heterotrophic protists?
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water molds
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