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chapter 16 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anthropoid | human like primates that include new world monkeys, old world monkeys, and hominoids. |
| opposable thumb | primate characteristic of having a thumb that can cross the palm and meet the other finger tips enables animal to grasp and cling to things |
| prehensile tail | long muscular tail used as a fifth limb for grasping and wrapping around objects |
| primate | group of mammals including lemurs, monkeys apes, and humans that evolved from a common ancestor;shred characteristics include a rounded head, a flattened face , finger nails, flexible shoulder joints , opposable thumbs or big toes,and a large,complexbrain |
| australopithecine | early african hominid , genus australopitecus ,that had both apelike and humanlike characteristics |
| bipedal | ability to walk on two legs: leaves arms and hands free for other activites such as hunting, protecting young, ans using tools |
| cro-magnon | modern form of homo sapiens that spread throughout europe between 35000 to 40000 years ago; were identical to modern humans in height, skull and both tooth structure , brain size |
| hominoid | a group of primates that can walk upright on two legs; includes gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans |
| neandertal | archaic homo sapiens that lived from 35000 to 100000years ago in europe, asia, and the middle east ; had thick bones and large faces with prominet noses and brains at least as large as those of modern humans. |
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