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Chapter 22, Problem 14TYU
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To explain: The discrepancy why reindeer bones have been found alongside the remains of H. sapiens in southern Europe, but currently reindeers exist only in northern Europe and Asia.
Concept introduction: Homo sapiens are the modern day humans and the only surviving species of the genus Homo. They are in existence since 30,000 years. Reindeers are artiodactyles and exclusively inhabit the Polar Regions, that is, they are circumpolar in distribution.
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Ch. 22.1 - Describe the structural adaptations that primates...Ch. 22.1 - Prob. 1CCh. 22.1 - Prob. 2CCh. 22.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 22.2 - Distinguish among anthropoids, hominoids, and...Ch. 22.2 - Prob. 1CCh. 22.2 - Prob. 2CCh. 22.3 - Describe skeletal and skull differences between...Ch. 22.3 - Prob. 5LOCh. 22.3 - Prob. 6LO
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