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... hominid phylogeny and for distinguishing between hominid and pongid taxons . Modern pon- gids have a dental arcade in which long parallel rows of molars and premolars are joined by a u - shaped curve of canines and incisors . In ...
... hominid phylogeny and for distinguishing between hominid and pongid taxons . Modern pon- gids have a dental arcade in which long parallel rows of molars and premolars are joined by a u - shaped curve of canines and incisors . In ...
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... hominids is the long period from six to nineteen years of age - during which our first , second , and third molars erupt one after the other . Another definitive feature of hominid dentition is that our canines project only slightly or ...
... hominids is the long period from six to nineteen years of age - during which our first , second , and third molars erupt one after the other . Another definitive feature of hominid dentition is that our canines project only slightly or ...
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... hominid evolutionary trend is why our canines are virtually useless as weapons . One explanation of this phenomenon posits a kind of atrophy of the front teeth as the ground - dwelling hominids came to rely more and more on artificial ...
... hominid evolutionary trend is why our canines are virtually useless as weapons . One explanation of this phenomenon posits a kind of atrophy of the front teeth as the ground - dwelling hominids came to rely more and more on artificial ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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