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Chapter 16,17 vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anthropoid | Humanlike primates that include new world monkeys, old world monkeys, and homonoids |
| opposable thumb | Primate characteristic of having a thumb that can cross the palm and meet other fingertips |
| prehensile tail | Long muscular tail used as a fifth limb for grasping and wrapping around objects |
| primate | Group of mammals that evolved from common ancestors had a round head, oppposable thumb |
| Australopithecine | Early african hominid that had human like characteristics |
| bipedal | Ability to walk on two legs leaving hands and arms free. |
| cro magnon | Modern form of homosapiens that spread throughout europe betweeen 35000 to 40000 years ago. |
| homonid | group of bipedal primates that include modern humans and direct ancestors |
| homonoid | A group of primates that can walk upright on two legs |
| neadertal | Archaic homosapiens that lived from 35000 to 100000 thousand years ago in europe asia and the middle east |
| binomial nomenclature | two word system developed by cerolus to name species fist word identifies the genus of the organism second word is a descriptive word the describes the organism |
| class | Taxonomic grouping of similar orders |
| classification | Grouping of objects or information based or similaries |
| division | Taxonomic grouping of similar classes |
| family | A group of related organisms |
| genus | First word of the two part scientific name used to identify a group of similar species |
| kingdom | Taxonomic grouping of similar phyla or divisions |
| order | Taxonomic grouping of similar famileis |
| phylum | Taxonomic grouping of similar classes |
| Specific epithet | The second word in a species name. |
| taxomnomy | Branch of biology that groups and names organisms based on studies of there characteristics |
| Cladistics | Biological classification based on phylogeny, assumes that as groups of organisms diverge and evolve traits or organisms |
| cladogram | Branching diagram that models the phylogeny of a species based on the derived traits of a group of organisms. |
| eubacteria | Group of prokaryotes with strong cell walls and a variety of structures |
| fungus | Group of unicellular or multicellular heterotrophic eukaryote that do not move from place. |
| phylogeny | Evolutionary history of a species based on comparitive relationships of structures and comparisons of modern life |
| protist | Diverse group of multicellular or unicellular eukaryotes that lack complex organ systems, live in moist envirments. |
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