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... WORLD MONKEY DENTITION ( left ) ; NEW WORLD MONKEY DEN- TITION ( right ) . The Anthropoidean Superfamilies The suborder Anthropoidea is made up of three superfamilies : ( 1 ) the Ceboidea , or New World monkeys ; ( 2 ) the ...
... WORLD MONKEY DENTITION ( left ) ; NEW WORLD MONKEY DEN- TITION ( right ) . The Anthropoidean Superfamilies The suborder Anthropoidea is made up of three superfamilies : ( 1 ) the Ceboidea , or New World monkeys ; ( 2 ) the ...
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... World . No fossil pongids have been found in the Americas , nor does anyone expect them to be found . The dental formula of the New World ceboidean monkeys indicates they diverged from the Old World hominoid line 30 to 40 million years ...
... World . No fossil pongids have been found in the Americas , nor does anyone expect them to be found . The dental formula of the New World ceboidean monkeys indicates they diverged from the Old World hominoid line 30 to 40 million years ...
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... World " Neolithic " The discovery of the origins of New World agriculture constitutes an outstanding scientific achievement . Many details remain unknown , but there is one overwhelming , indeed stupendous , fact : the domesti- cation ...
... World " Neolithic " The discovery of the origins of New World agriculture constitutes an outstanding scientific achievement . Many details remain unknown , but there is one overwhelming , indeed stupendous , fact : the domesti- cation ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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