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Features of early primates
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hands, nails, sight, senses, brain
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Differences between Old World vs New World monkeys
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Old World: no prehensile tail; narrow, with downward nostrils; arboreal and terrestrial; quadrupedal movement
New World: prehensile tail; flat, wide nostrils; arboreal; no quadrupedal movement |
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Skeletal differences between humans and gorillas
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Humans: first toe aligned and not opposable; short, broad pelvis; 4 curves in vertebral column; foramen magnum at base of skull; U-shaped jaw; pronounced chin
Gorillas: first toe not aligned and is opposable; long, oval pelvis; one simple curve in vertebral column; foramen magnum at rear of skull; rectangular jaw; pronounced supraorbital ridge |
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Evolution of homosapians
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there were times were coexistence occurred; begin in Africa
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