NATS 1660 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Australopithecus, Sandhill Crane, Homo Erectus
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Most of them are also vertebrate; vertebrate are animals with segmented backbone. Chordates are animals with dorsal hollow nerve chord, most of them are vertebrate; vertebrates are animals with segmented backbone. Chordates are animals with dorsal hollow nerve chord. most of them are vertebrates; vertebrates are animals with segmented backbone. Mammary glands; mothers produce milk for their young. Humans belong to the class mammalian: characterstics of mammals are: Mammary glands: mother produce milk for its child. Different types of teeth: incisors, molars, pre molars, canines. There are 15 living orders in class mammalian. The mammalian order primates include lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys and apes. Chordates are animals with dorsal hollow nerve chord. Most of them are vertebrates; vertebrates are animals with a segmented backbone. Characteristics of primates are: primarily tree-dwelling (arboreal) Most primates have hands and feet adapted for grasping: flat fingernails.