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vocab 15 and 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| primate | the chief bishop or archbishop of a province. |
| opposable thumb | allow the digits to grasp and handle objects |
| anthropoid | resembling a human being in form. |
| prehensile tail | A prehensile tail is the tail of an animal that has adapted to be able to grasp or hold objects. |
| hominoid | a primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors. |
| bipedal | the bodily attribute of being bipedal; having two feet; "bipedalism made the human form of birth possible" |
| hominid | a primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors. |
| australopithecine | ) of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus |
| neadertal | an extinct species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age Europe between c. 120,000–35,000 years ago, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. The Neanderthals were associated with the Mousterian flint industry of the Middle Paleolithi |
| cro-magnon | extinct human of Upper Paleolithic in Europe |
| classification | the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics. |
| taxonomy | the branch of science concerned with classification, esp. of organisms; systematics. |
| binomial nomenclature | the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet. |
| genus | a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, |
| specific epithet | the second element in the Latin binomial name of a species, which follows the generic name and distinguishes the species from others in the same genus. |
| family | a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household. |
| order | the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method. |
| class | a set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality. |
| phylum | a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom |
| division | the action of separating something into parts, or the process of being separated. |
| kingdom | a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen. |
| cladistics | a method of classification of animals and plants according to the proportion of measurable characteristics that they have in common |
| cladogram | a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species. |
| eubacteria | a bacterium of a large group typically having simple cells with rigid cell walls and often flagella for movement. |
| fungus | any of a group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools. |
| phylogeny | the branch of biology that deals with phylogenesis. |
| protist | free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive mode |
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