1
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Primatology
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study of primates
2
Q
Naturalistic Fallacy
A
refusing to accept that some adaptations could improve fitness because we find them morally reprehensible
3
Q
Visual predation hypothesis
A
hunting insects in trees was important in the evolution of those other features
4
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Dentition
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the arrangement or condition of the teeth in a particular species or individual
5
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Anthropoids
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human-like
6
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Brachiators
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primates that swing by arms
7
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Folivore
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leaf eater
8
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Frugivore
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fruit eater
9
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Gummivore
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sap eater
10
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Carnivore
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meat eater
11
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Strepsirrhines
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wet-nosed primates; small, nocturnal
12
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Haplorhines
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dry-nosed; larger, diurnal
13
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Platyrrhines
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new world monkeys; flat-nosed
14
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Catarrhines
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old world monkeys; long-nosed
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