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chapter-16-and-17

chapter 16 and 17 vocabulary ~

TermDefinition
anthropoid human-like primates.
opposable thumb a thumb that can cross the palm to meet the other fingertips.
prehensile tail long, muscular tail that characterizes many primates.
primate group of mammals that include lemurs, monkeys, apes and humans.
australopithecine an early hominid that lived in Africa and possessed both apelike and humanlike characteristics.
bipedal able to walk on two legs.
Cro-Magnon identical to humans in height, skull structure, tooth structure, and brain size.
hominid bipedal primates that include modern humans and their direct ancestors.
homninoid primates that can walk upright on two legs.
Neandertal lived from about 35,000 to 100,000 years ago in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
binomial nomenclature two-word naming system used to identify species.
class taxon of similar orders.
classification grouping of objects or information based on similarities.
division alternative term for phylum.
family consists of a group of similar genera.
genus consists of a group of similar species.
kingdom taxon of similar phyla or divisions.
order taxon of smaller families.
phylum taxon of similar classes.
specific epithet the second word of a binomial nomenclature that sometimes describes a characteristic of the organism.
taxonomy branch of biology that groups and names organisms based on studies of their different characteristics.
clasistics biological system of classification that is based on phylogeny.
cladogram model of the phylogeny of a species.
eubacteria have very strong cell walls and a less complex genetic makeup than found in archaebacteria or eukaryotes.
fungus either a unicellular or multicellular eukaryote that absorbs nutrients from organic materials in the environment.
phylogeny evolutionary history of a species in a phylogenic classification and reveals the evolutionary history of species.
protist eukaryote that lacks complex organ systems and lives in moist environments.
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