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elizabeth18

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on: Jun 22, 2018
A larger brain allowed primates to develop which of the following capacities and abilities?
 
  A) the ability to huddle in the forest to keep warm.
  B) use of smell to identify food
  C) use of language to signal information to other members of the group
  D) the ability to locomote within the forest
  E) the capacity to chew and swallow food

Question 2

________ refers to the concept in which maturation is extended, and the brain of an adolescent reaches its adult brain size.
 
  A) Adaptation
  B) Mutation
  C) Trisomy 21
  D) Neoteny
  E) Allodyny


kswal303

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: C
Rationale: A larger brain allowed primates to develop the use of language to signal information to other members of the group.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


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