Human evolution

Human evolution

Otherwise known as anthropogeny; anything of or relating to the study of the origin and evolution of Homo sapiens as a distinct species from other hominids, great apes and placental mammals.

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Human evolution

A process, usually in the form of a crest, paralleling or straddling the occipitomastoid suture and separated from the most lateral paramastoid process, if there is one, by an occipital grove. See ...

Uranium series dating

Archaeology; Human evolution

A dating method based on the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium. It has proved particularly useful for the period before 50,000 years ago, which lies outside the time range of radiocarbon ...

Human genome project

Archaeology; Human evolution

A project to obtain the sequence of the complete 3 billion (3 x 109) nucleotide pairs of the human genome, and to map all of the estimated 50,000 to 100,000 human genes.

Porphyry

Archaeology; Human evolution

An igneous rock consisting of coarse mineral grains scattered through a mixture of fine mineral grains.

Signal hypothesis

Archaeology; Human evolution

The hypothesis that the secretion of proteins from a cell occurs through the binding of a hydrophobic amino terminal extension to the membrane and the subsequent removal and degradation of the ...