Humans and stuff Flashcards
Anthropoind
Larger in size with larger brains
Binocular vision
Trait that gives advanced depth perception
Arboreal
Live in trees
Bipeadal
Walk on two legs
Quadrapeadal
Walk on four legs
Prosimian
Smaller and night active
Primate
Group that includes apes, chimps, monkeys, and humans
Diurnal
Day active
Supra orbital ridge
A projection above the eyes
Prognathism
The amount of projection of the face from the plane of the I and cheekbones
Sagittal crest
The central projection running the length of the school to which muscles are attached
Dental arcade
The shape of the rows of teeth
Zygomatic process
The bone that connects the cheekbone to the beginning of the ear canal
Post orbital construction
The narrowing of the skull behind the eye sockets
What was Lucy
Aferensis
Describe Lucy
3 feet tall, bipedal, brain size like a chimp
