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Anthropods (humans) do have internal skeletons; arthropods (phylum arthropoda) by definition does not - instead they have external or exoskeletons.
Note that the term 'anthropod' should not be confused with 'arthropod' - anthropod is not a phylum nor taxon but is a general term meaning human or humanoid.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoAnthropod (or human) skeletons are made of dense osseous tissue, mineralized mostly with calcium and phosphorus. They are internal (endoskeletons). By contrast, arthropods (phylum Arthropoda) use an exoskeleton made from a chitin composite. Chitin chemically is a long-chain polymer, a nitrogenated polysaccharide comparable to cellulose, which allows for hydrogen bonding between polymers for additional strength. By embedding in sclerotin and mineralizing it (for example in crustaceans, with calcium carbonate), arthropods achieve an advantage of gaining a greater toughness and less brittleness than minerals alone but being stiffer and harder than pure chitin.
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