Sentences with phrase «shaped thorax»

One school holds that as well as being bipedal they retained considerable climbing ability (McHenry, 1986, 1992, 1994; Stern & Susman, 1991; Duncan et al., 1994; Berger & Tobias, 1996; Berge, 1998; Macchiarelli et al., 1999); the other sees the powerful arms and funnel - shaped thorax as primitive retentions, and argue that australopithecines were obligate terrestrial bipeds (White & Suwa, 1987; Lovejoy, 1988; Latimer, 1991; Tuttle et al., 1991; Gebo, 1996; Ohman et al., 1997).

«Ants shape thoraces to match tasks they perform.»

Not exact matches

So complete is the fossil — its head, antennae, thorax, wings, legs, and leaf - shaped abdomen intact — that it provides key clues on how it hid from predatory birds and primates: Its curved forelegs form a notch into which the insect could tuck its head.

Rather the fly tenses and relaxes the muscles in rhythmic cycles that cause the thorax itself to change shape.

About seven days after the bee dies, fly larvae push their way into the world from between the bee's head and thorax and form brown, pill - shaped pupae that are equivalent to a butterfly's chrysalis.

B. terrestris: overall view with arrow - shaped safe site on the thorax (A), safe site above the insertion of antennae on the head (B), dorsal thorax (triangular)(C, D), waist (E), abdomen (F, G), and ventral abdomen (H), A. mellifera: overall view with broad safe site on the thorax and narrow safe site on the abdomen (I), safe site between the eyes (J), dorsal thorax (K), waist (L), and abdomen (M), as well as ventral abdomen (N), dorsal thorax and abdominal safe site under full spectrum illumination (O) and UV - illumination (P).