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1
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The genus and species of all living humans today

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Homo sapiens

2
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A part of the body that was greatly modified as the ancestors of humans became bipedal

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Pelvis

3
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The primate species that has the most varies and complex social organizations. They are also the only primates to create and use symbols as a means of communication

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Human

4
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The family of hominoids in which gibbons belong

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Hylobatidae

5
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The term of having only one mate at a time

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Monogamy

6
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The continent where bonobos live in the wild

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Africa

7
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The family in which hominoids in which humans and the great apes belong

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Hominidae

8
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A great ape from southeast asia

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Orangutan

9
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An ape that is a knuckle walker. They have the largest bodies of any primate species alive today

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Gorillas

10
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The most biologically successful of all primates in terms of extent in their geographic range and the size of their total population today

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Humans

11
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An ape species in which adults regularly defend their territory against others with piercingly loud whooping and hooting vocalizations

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Siamangs

12
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The african ape that hunts other animals for food – about 10% of their diet consists of meat

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Chimpanzees

13
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The superfamily to which all apes and humans belong

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Hominoidea

14
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The form of locomotion in which an animal travels through the trees by swinging under branches with a hand over hand motion rather than running along the top

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Brachiation

15
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How many times larger the human brain is compared to those of apes

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3

16
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A lesser ape from Southeast Asia

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Gibbon

17
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The general descriptive term for the type of family consisting of an adult male and female mating pair along with their children

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Nuclear