Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Biology with eText -- Access Card Package (8th Edition)
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Author: Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Kelly A. Hogan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 19, Problem 12TYK
What adaptations inherited from our primate ancestors enable humans to make and use tools?
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Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Biology with eText -- Access Card Package (8th Edition)
Ch. 19 - Connecting the Concepts 1. In the primate...Ch. 19 - Prob. 2CCCh. 19 - A lamprey, a shark, a lizard, and a rabbit share...Ch. 19 - Why were the Tiktaalik fossils an exciting...Ch. 19 - Fossils suggest that the first major trait...Ch. 19 - Which of the following correctly lists possible...Ch. 19 - Which of these is not a member of the anthropoids?...Ch. 19 - Studies of DNA support which of the following? a....Ch. 19 - The earliest members of the genus Homo a. had a...Ch. 19 - Compare the adaptations of amphibians and reptiles...
Ch. 19 - Birds and mammals are both endothermic, and both...Ch. 19 - What adaptations inherited from our primate...Ch. 19 - Summarize the hypotheses that explain variation in...Ch. 19 - A good scientific hypothesis is based on existing...Ch. 19 - Explain some of the reasons why the human species...Ch. 19 - Anthropologists are interested in locating areas...Ch. 19 - SCIENTIFIC THINKING By measuring the fossil...
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