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Biology Notes
Biology Vocab Chp. 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prehensile tail | functions like a fifth limb |
| anthropoid | a group of large brained, diurnal monkeys and hominoids |
| arboreal | tree dwelling |
| nocturnal | active during the night |
| diurnal | active during the day |
| binocular vision | overlapping fields of vision, used by humans and primates |
| opposable first digit | either a thumb or a great toe, is set apart from other digits |
| hominins | human like primates that closely resemble present day humans, than to chimpanzees and bonobos |
| hominoid | nonmonkey anthropods, including gibbions, oragutans, chimps, gorillas, and humans |
| bipedal | they can walk upright on two legs |
| homo | living and extinct humans |
| Neanderthals | evolved exclusivly in Europe and Asia about 200,000 years ago |
| Cro Magnons | Represent the beginning of historic hunter gatherer societies |