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Chapter 16-17
Vocabulary
| 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 fingertips. |
| 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 |
| australopithecine | early african hominid that had both apelike and human like characteristics. |
| bipedal | ability to walk on two legs |
| cro magnon | form that spread throughout europe between 35000 to 40000 years ago. |
| hominid | a group of bipedal primates that includes modern humans and their direct ancestors |
| hominoid | a group of primates that can walk upright on two legs |
| neanderthal | archaic homo sapiens that lived from 35000 ton 100000 years ago in europe, asia, and the middle east. |