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| the study of apes, monkeys, and prosimians |
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| classification scheme; assignment to categories (taxa; singular, taxon) |
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| traits inherited from a common ancestor |
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| adaptive traits die to convergent evolution |
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| similar selective forces produce similar adaptive traits |
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| monkeys, apes, and humans |
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| the primate suborder that includes lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers |
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| a thumb that can touch all the other fingers |
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| two-footed; upright locomotion (of hominins) |
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| marked differences in male and female anatomy and temperament |
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| small, arboreal, Asiatic apes |
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| under-the-branch swinging |
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| study of evolutionary basis of social behavior |
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| zoological superfamily that includes extinct and living apes and hominins |
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