79 1 Marsupial Mammals • What are some characteristics of marsupial mammals? • Why are they only found in abundance today in Australia?
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79 1
Marsupial Mammals
• What are some characteristics of marsupial mammals?
• Why are they only found in abundance today in Australia?
80 2
Mammal Evolution
• Note changes through time in Archaic vs. Placental mammals
83 3
Sabre-tooth Cat
• Smilodon californicus• Smilodon, the most
famous of the sabre-toothed cats, is one of the most common fossils in the La Brea tar pits (Pleistocene epoch).
84 4
Chimpanzee-Australopithecine Characteristics
86 5
Hominid skeletons
• Note differences between:
A. A. afarensis
B. A. africanus
C. A. robustus
D. H. sapiens
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