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chapter 16
Evolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Primates | A group of mammals such as monkeys |
| opposable thumb | A thumb that can cross the palm to meet the other fingertips |
| anthropoids | Human like primates |
| Prehinsile tail | Long, muscular tail used for climbing |
| Hominoids | Primates that walk upright on two legs |
| bipedal | able to walk on two legs |
| hominids | Bipedal primates that include humans |
| australopithecine | early hominid that lived in Africa that possessed both apelike and human like characteristics |
| cro-magnons | beings identical to humans in stucture |
| Neandertals | lives about 35000- 100,000 years ago in Europe, similar to humans but never evoled |