Ch.+1+and+Ch.+22+Questions+SLS


 * From Chapter 1 (pgs. 6-7)**

Humans can be classified as vertebrates because of their backbone that protects the central nervous cord. Secondly, we can tell that humans are mammals because they have hair and mammary glands, as well the fact that we produce live young.
 * 1. What anatomical features tell us that humans are vertebrates and mammals?**

Humans differ from apes and other mammals in the fact that we have fully developed brains, upright stance, creative languages and we are able to use a wide variety of tools.
 * 2. How do humans differ from other mammals, including apes?**


 * From Chapter 22 (pgs. 475-477)**

Humans are classified by Eukarya, anthropods, hominids.
 * 3. How are humans classified? From Domain to Species.**

The characteristics of primates are that they have adapeted to a life in trees. They have mobile limbs, grasping hands, flattened face, binocular vision, large, complex brain, and a reduced reproductive rate.
 * 4. What are the characteristics of primates?**

The major differences between the chimpanzee skeleton and the human skeleton is that the human walks in an upright stance, while on the other hand the chimp walks on it’s knuckles –more hunched over. The arch of the foot also serves as a huge staple in the human skeleton as well as an overall difference from the chimpanzee which has opposable toes.
 * 5. What major differences exist between the chimpanzee skeleton and the human skeleton?**