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... living pongids ( apes ) were brachiators and suspensory feeders . That our own remote ancestors were to some extent arboreal seems highly probable . They may not have been brachiators , however , since the ratio of our forelimbs to ...
... living pongids ( apes ) were brachiators and suspensory feeders . That our own remote ancestors were to some extent arboreal seems highly probable . They may not have been brachiators , however , since the ratio of our forelimbs to ...
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... living heir when they need support in old age ( Polgar 1972 : 211 ) . There is considerable evidence that when the peasant class death rate comes down far enough and parents have good odds that most of their children will survive to ...
... living heir when they need support in old age ( Polgar 1972 : 211 ) . There is considerable evidence that when the peasant class death rate comes down far enough and parents have good odds that most of their children will survive to ...
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... living ( much as middle - class families in the United States as a result of inflation are now finding it necessary for both husband and wife to work in order not to suffer a deterioration in their standard of living ) . The Javanese ...
... living ( much as middle - class families in the United States as a result of inflation are now finding it necessary for both husband and wife to work in order not to suffer a deterioration in their standard of living ) . The Javanese ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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