A Prehensile Tail Is Like an Opposable Thumb in That

question 7

Multiple Choice

A prehensile tail is like an opposable thumb in that both

• A) evolved before the anthropoids.
• B) are used for grasping.
• C) can be fully bent in any direction.
• D) are characteristics of the earliest primates.

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R-chart

A type of control chart used for monitoring the range of variation within a sample.

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R-chart

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