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| mammals that reproduce without a placenta, including the marsupials |
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| mammals that reporoduce by egg laying then nurse young from nipples |
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| mammals that reproduce with a placenta and uterus |
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| member of the primat esuborder Porsimii that includes the leumrs, lorises, galagoes, and tarsiers |
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| members of the primate suborder Anthropoieea that includes the monkeys, apes, and hominids |
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| focuses on the value of grasping hands and steroscopic vision for life in the trees |
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| visual predation hypothesis |
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| focuses on value of grapsping hands and steroscopic vision for catching small prey |
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| the parabolic arc that forms the upper and lower row of teeth 3:2:2:1 |
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| the part of the brain that controls the higher cognitive function; the cerebrum |
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| the life cycle of an organism from conception to death |
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| lemurs, lorises, galagoes |
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| tarsier, new world monkeys, old world monkeys, apes,and hominids |
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| polyandrous mating system |
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| one female mates with multiple males |
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| hormonally influenced period of secual receptivity in some female mammals that corresponds to the timing of ovulation |
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| member of the gibbon or lesser ape family |
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| one of the four great apes species: gorilla, chimp, bonobo, or orangutan |
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| mode of arm hanging and arms swinging that uses rotating shoulders |
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| animals that eat a diet composed mainly of leaves, or foliage |
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