After Reading This Chapter, You Should Be Able to Answer These Questions:
What are the major patterns of locomotion among the primates? |
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What are the features of the skeleton that distinguish apes from monkeys? |
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What skeletal characteristics related to locomotion does the human skeleton share with the ape skeleton? What skeletal characteristics related to locomotion are unique to the human skeleton? |
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What are the major features of the human hand? How does this hand permit fine manipulation and the manufacture and use of tools? |
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What features of the human skull differentiate it from ape and monkey skulls? |
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What are the significant characteristics of the primate brain? How does the human brain differ from monkey and ape brains? |
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What are the distinguishing features of ape and human teeth and jaws? |
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What can be learned about the evolutionary relationship between organisms through the study of comparative cytogenetics? |
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What are phylogenetic trees and molecular clocks? |