| A | B |
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| Features that all primates have are... | big brains, binocular vision, & opposable thumbs |
| Which hominid coexisted and might have interbred with modern humans | Neanderthals |
| Where did the earliest hominids evolve? | Africa |
| What does it mean to be bipedal? | walk on 2 legs |
| Homo sapiens first appeared | 200,000 years ago |
| Chimpanzees and humans DNA are so similar... | they probably had a recent common ancestor |
| Humans and their closest fossil relatives | Hominids |
| Laetoli footprints showed that early hominids were... | bipedal and social |
| Genus Homo | group of hominids found in Africa, Europe, Asia, and Indonesia |
| Lucy | Australopithecus afarensis |
| Bipedal characteristics | short, wide pelvis with S shaped spine |
| Foramen magnum | hole in skull where spine connects |
| Homo sapiens means... | Wise man |
| Paleoanthropology means.. | The study of ancient man |
| Australopithecine means... | Southern ape |
| Group including chimps, gorillas, orangutans | apes |
| Group including humans, apes, and monkeys | Primates |
| The foramen magnum of bipedal hominids was located... | on the bottom of the skull |
