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... hominid reduction in the for- ward thrust of the face and jaws . The globular shape of the human skull is clearly related to the expansion of its internal cubic dimension to accommodate the largest and heaviest of primate brains ...
... hominid reduction in the for- ward thrust of the face and jaws . The globular shape of the human skull is clearly related to the expansion of its internal cubic dimension to accommodate the largest and heaviest of primate brains ...
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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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... 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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