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__________ apes are early ape species such as Proconsul which had a monkey-like body plan and Y-5 molars. One word.

This is the technical term for aging.  It is referred to as: “Age-related decline in physiological or behavioral function in adult organisms.”  One word.

People of high-altitudes develop increased lung capacity that serves as a response to low oxygen or:

In the blood system, the A allele is _________ to B allele.

This skull feature is found on gorillas, chimps and even in some robust species of hominins.  It helps to anchor temporalis/chewing muscles.  Careful with spelling – two words.

Differences in shape, ornamentation, size or color between the sexes.  Two Words.

If two parents are homozygous for a genetically inherited recessive trait, what is the probability that they will have a child who does not have this trait in his or her phenotype?

Primatology is one of the original four fields of Anthropology.

Modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals were found in this cultural period: the Upper __________ (A.K.A. Later Stone Age).  One word.

Large fault area along eastern Africa where numerous early hominin fossil finds have occurred, such as in Olduvai Gorge: