Hominins and Primates Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Ecology & Evolution has 12 clues. Answers range from 4 to 24 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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Euprimates of the Eocene that were likely ancestral to modern lemurs and possibly ancestral to anthropoids.
Shows evidence of both bipedalism and arboreal activity but no indication of the primitive perihoning complex.
One of the most significant fossils: the 40% complete skeleton of an adult female Au. afarensis, found in East Africa.
The first true prmates from the Eocene: the tarsierlike omomyids and the lemurlike adapids.
Paleocene organisms that may have been the first primates, originating from an adaptive radiation of mammals.
A gracile australopithecine from South Africa that was contemporaneous with Au. aethiopicus, Au. garhi, and Au. boisei and was likely ancestral to Au. robustus.
The earliest Homo species, a possible decendant Au. garhi and an ancestor to H. erectus.
Eocene primates that may be ancestral to tarsiers.
The proposition that primates' unique suite of traits is an adaptation to living in trees.
A genus of very small basal anthropoids from the Eocene.
The stone tool culture associated with H. habilis and, possibly, Au. garhi.
The oldest part of the period during which the first stone tools were created and used, beginning with the Oldowan Complex.

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