hominid evolution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhominidandevolution
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hominid
noun[C]
uk/ˈhɒm.ɪ.nɪd/us/ˈhɑː.mɪ.nɪd/
a member of a group that consists of humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orang-utangs, or an early form of one ...
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evolution
noun[U]
uk/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/us/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/
the way in which living things change and develop over millions ...
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(Definition ofhominidandevolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Consider the possible ways in which a new evolutionary episode might be initiated inhominidevolution.
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The fossil evidence suggests that the adaptations necessary for articulate speech occurred only recently inhominidevolution.
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Potentially embarrassing examples of directionality, arguably fundamental to any consideration ofhominidevolution, are promptly dismissed.
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This sheds light onhominidevolution, on the evolution of culture, and on altruism and cooperation.
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The important point for the present is that all of these changes occurred fairly late inhominidevolution.
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When consideringhominidevolution, attempts to understand how evolution produces larger brains is of prime interest.
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For all its emphasis on evolutionary forces, evolutionary psychology seldom discusses the archaeological record ofhominidevolution.
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This enlarged suite of processes operating inhominidevolutionraises the possibility that some new traits pay for their own fitness costs through niche construction.
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Thus, for example, all ofhominidevolutionbecomes "scaling," "allometry," or quantitative increases, whereas these are only distal manifestations of something more complex and important.
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We know that asymmetry of connexions between the hemispheres was introduced at some point (and was perhaps subsequently modified) in the course ofhominidevolution.
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The fourth section comprises four papers examining vertebrate andhominidevolutionas a response to climate change.
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With the growing power of molecular techniques, using genetic signatures to track such cultural events could become an important tool in the study ofhominidevolution.
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Given these limitations to the data set, and the limited number of species included in the ontogenetic analysis, it may be premature to extend their theory tohominidevolution.
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In an astounding cinematic ellipsis the bone instantly morphs into an orbiting satellite, and three million years ofhominidevolutionis written off in one frame of film.
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Paleogenetics opens up many new possibilities for the study ofhominidevolutionand dispersion.
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This hypothesis is not consistent with the evidence that most of thehominidevolutiontook place in savanna environment and not in tropical rainforests.
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He remained unconvinced that it was a gorilla, saying that more work would need to be done to determine where this specimen may fit inhominidevolution.
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