| A | B |
|---|
| primate | group of mammals: lemurs, monkeys, apes, & humans. |
| opposable thumb | a thumb that can cross the palm to meet other fingertips. |
| anthropoid | human-like primates: hominoids, Old World & New World monkeys. |
| prehensile tail | used as a fifth limb, grasping & wrapping around branches. |
| speciation | process of evolution of a new species that occurs when members of sim. population no longer interbreed to produce fertile offspring. |
| fossil | evidence of an organism that lived long ago that is preserverd in Earth's rocks. |
| hominoid | primates that can walk upright on two legs: gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, & humans. |
| bipedal | able to walk on two legs. |
| hominid | bipedal primates that include modern humans & their direct ancestors. |
| australopithecine | an early hominid that lived in Africa & possessed both apelike & humanlike characteristics. |
| Neandertal | archaic Homo Sapiens lived from 35,000-100,000 yrsago in Europe, Asia, & Mid.East; |
| Characteristics of Neandertals | Thick bones & large faces with prominent noses & brains at least as large as modern humans. |
| Cro-Magnons | Identical to modern humans in height, skull & tooth structure, and brain size. |
| Cro-Magnons probably worked as | toolmakers and artists. |
| Cro-Magnons probably used: | language b/c of the skull bulge corresponding to speech in modern humans. |
