Current scientific consensus on the origins of monkeys in South America is that they were
transported to the Americas as pets of human explorers from hundreds of years ago.
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Aegyptopithecus
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A cooling and drying trend in Central East Africa during the late Miocene Epoch resulted in
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The foramen magnum of a bipedal hominin is
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Mosaic evolution is a term used to understand that different aspects of bipedalism evolved at
different times (not all at once).
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An adaptive advantage of bipedalism is that it allows hominins to run much faster than
quadrupedal carnivores (like lions).
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If an unidentified primate skull has a large CP3 honing complex, this is usually a sign that the
primate is not a hominin.
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis is represented by several skulls and post-cranial fossils from at least
five different individuals.
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Ardipithecus ramidus “Ardi” had a somewhat angled femur and bowl-shaped pelvis, which
indicates that she had some bipedal ability.
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The female Australopithecus afarensis “Lucy”