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... primate hands and feet evolved to facilitate cautious , well - controlled movements in pursuit of small animals and insects amid the lower branches and leaves of forest habitats . The stereoscopic vision of primates resembles that of ...
... primate hands and feet evolved to facilitate cautious , well - controlled movements in pursuit of small animals and insects amid the lower branches and leaves of forest habitats . The stereoscopic vision of primates resembles that of ...
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... primates enjoy an unobstructed front seat in a balcony above the nasal aperture . There is usually no snout . The positioning of primate eyes is also related to prehensility and to the mobility of the forelimbs . Typical primate feeding ...
... primates enjoy an unobstructed front seat in a balcony above the nasal aperture . There is usually no snout . The positioning of primate eyes is also related to prehensility and to the mobility of the forelimbs . Typical primate feeding ...
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... primates ? Part of the answer is that the entire social life of most primate species is regulated by elaborate dominance hierarchies that are based in turn on genetically determined expressions of dominance and subordination . These ...
... primates ? Part of the answer is that the entire social life of most primate species is regulated by elaborate dominance hierarchies that are based in turn on genetically determined expressions of dominance and subordination . These ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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