Author Question: Compare and contrast the robust with the gracile australopithecines. What will be an ideal ... (Read 48 times)

Zoey63294

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Compare and contrast the robust with the gracile australopithecines.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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When different versions of a gene, known as alleles, mediate variation (such as blood types determined by the alleles for types A, B, and O blood), the traits are said to be:
 
  a. polytypic.
  b. polymorphic.
  c. epicanthic.
  d. faunal.
  e. polygenetic.



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Answer to Question 1

The robust are larger and were primarily vegetable eaters, had back tooth dominance, larger chewing muscles, and modifications on the skull for large facial muscles. The gracile had a more delicate chewing apparatus and ate more meat.

Answer to Question 2

b



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