The teres minor of Neandertals:
A. allowed for powerful throwing and pounding activities
B. allowed them to run faster than modern people
C. protected the eyes from cold
D. was more developed in females because of the requirements of childbirth
A. allowed for powerful throwing and pounding activities
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The ________ of Old World monkeys appears beginning in Oligocene primates
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