Sentences with phrase «of gracile»

The modern human lineage is believed to have evolved from a line of gracile, or lightly built, australopithecines that goes back some 4 million years.

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Domesticated animals also have more gracile builds, smaller teeth, flatter faces, a more striking range of coloration and hair types — and, in many breeds, floppy ears and curly tails.

«KNM - ER 1470, like other early Homo specimens, shows many morphological characteristics in common with gracile australopithecines that are not shared with later specimens of the genus Homo» (Cronin et al. 1981)

The braincase is far more rounded and gracile than that of any ape, and the brain has a human rather than an apelike pattern (Tobias 1987).

Anatomical abbreviations: Gr = Gracile tract, Cu = Cuneate tract, dCST = dorsal cortico spinal tract, vCST = ventral cortico spinal tract, dc = decussation of the CST, pd = pyramid, pt = pyramidal tract or CST traversing pons and medulla, bp = basilar pons, NST nucleus of the solitary tract.

Indeed evolution authorities Cherfas and Gribbin believe that a strong case can be made that the gracile forms are little more than varieties of extinct pygmy chimpanzees, while the robust forms are varieties of gorillas.7