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TermDefinition
ANTHROPOID Resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance.
OPPOSABLE capable of moving toward and touching the other digits on the same hand.
PREHENSILE TAIL Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object
PRIMATE A mammal of the order Primates, which includes the anthropoids and prosimians, characterized by refined development of the hands and feet, a shortened snout, and a large brain.
AUSTRALOPITHECINE Any of several extinct humanlike primates of the genus Australopithecus, known chiefly from Pleistocene fossil remains found in southern and eastern Africa.
BIPEDAL An animal with two feet.
CRO-MAGNON An early form of modern human (Homo sapiens) inhabiting Europe in the late Paleolithic Period and characterized by a broad face and tall stature.
HOMINID A primate of the family Hominidae, of which Homo sapiens is the only extant species.
HOMINOID Of or belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea, which includes apes and humans Resembling a human.
NEANDERTAL An extinct human species.
BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE each species receives a Latin or Latinized name of two parts, the first indicating the genus and the second being the specific epithet.
CLASS A set, collection, group, or configuration containing members regarded as having certain attributes or traits in common; a kind or category.
CLASSIFICATION The systematic grouping of organisms into categories on the basis of evolutionary or structural relationships between them; taxonomy.
DIVISION taxonomic groups of similar classes
FAMILY two part scientific name used to identify a group of similar species
GENUS A taxonomic category ranking below a family and above a species and generally consisting of a group of species exhibiting similar characteristics.
KINGDOM the highest taxonomic classification into which organisms are grouped, based on fundamental similarities and common ancestry.
ORDER A taxonomic category of organisms ranking above a family and below a class.
PHYLUM A primary division of a kingdom, as of the animal kingdom, ranking next above a class in size.
SPECIFIC EPITHET The uncapitalized Latin adjective or noun that follows a capitalized genus name in binomial nomenclature and serves to distinguish a species from others in the same genus
TAXONOMY groups and names of organisms based on there studies and shapes
CLADISTICS A system of classification based on the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of groups of organisms.
CLADOGRAM A branching, treelike diagram in which the endpoints of the branches represent specific species of organisms.
EUBACTERIA large group of bacteria characterized by a rigid cell wall and, in motile types, flagella; the true bacteria
FUNGUS lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue and range in form from a single cell to a body mass of branched filamentous hyphae that often produce specialized fruiting bodies.
PHYLOGENY The evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms.
PROTIST The evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms
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