Not exact matches
Because most species of tarantula in the United States are very similar in appearance and can not be distinguished from each other using
anatomical features alone, the research team implemented a
modern and «integrative» approach to taxonomy by employing
anatomical, behavioural, distributional, and genetic data.
«While all of the
anatomical details in the Misliya fossil are fully consistent with
modern humans, some
features are also found in Neandertals and other human groups,» said Quam, associate professor of anthropology at Binghamton.
Now an analysis of thousands of
anatomical features of
modern and extinct mammals, as well as molecular sequences from living species, is helping them to do just that.
The team found part of a fossil human jaw with
anatomical features that correspond to the
modern human species Homo sapiens, as opposed to other pre-
modern humans such as Neanderthals.