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Comparative anatomy: Quick Facts

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Side-by-side skeletal diagrams compare a modern human standing upright and a gorilla walking on all fours, with labeled bones and close-up views of the female pelvis for each species.
Diagram comparing the forelimb bone structures of a human, horse, dolphin, box turtle, fruit bat, and chicken, with color-coded bones showing homologous parts to illustrate evolutionary relationships.
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Key People

Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier
French zoologist
Alfred Sherwood Romer, 1965
Alfred Sherwood Romer
American biologist
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Johannes Müller
German physiologist
William Henry Flower
William Henry Flower
British zoologist
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Franz Weidenreich
German anthropologist
Daubenton, detail of a bust by an unknown artist
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
French naturalist
Blumenbach, detail of a lithograph, 1892
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German anthropologist
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Edward Tyson
English physician
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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
Lankester, Edwin Ray
Sir Edwin Ray Lankester
British zoologist
Karl Gegenbaur.
Karl Gegenbaur
German anatomist
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Agnes Arber
British botanist

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