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Pertaining to form or structure of organisms

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Morphological

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Largest muscle in the body

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Gluteus maximus

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Bipedal locomotion

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Habitual bipedalism

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Bipedalism as only form of terrestrial locomotion

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Obligate bipedalism

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Most abundant and widely distributed of all early hominins

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Australopiths

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Adapted for cutting or shearing among primates, refers to the compressed first lower premolar, which functions as a shearing surface with the upper canine

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Sectorial

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A ridge of bone that runs down the middle of the cranium; serves as the attachment for the large temporal muscles, indicating strong chewing

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Sagittal Crest

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Pliocene + first half of Pleistocene (1-5 mya)

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Plio-Pleistocene