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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
Eruption priorities
Archaeology; Human evolution
Which tooth erupts first of a pair that emerges close together in time.
Molecular clock
Archaeology; Human evolution
A means of determining dates of evolutionary divergences using genetic similarities between extant species and assuming that molecular evolution proceeds at a constant rate.
Culture
Archaeology; Human evolution
A term used by anthropologists when referring to the non-biological characteristics unique to a particular society.
Parallel cousin
Archaeology; Human evolution
Ego's father's brother's child or mother's sister's child, or more distant cousin classed terminologically with these first cousins.
Masseter muscle
Archaeology; Human evolution
A short, quadrangular muscle between the zygomatic arch and the lower edge of the jaw, along its outside, supplying bite power.
Basicranium
Archaeology; Human evolution
Base of the skull, formed mainly by the occipital, petrosal (of the temporal), and sphenoid bones.
Pongine
Archaeology; Human evolution
Member of the subfamily Ponginae (the large-bodied Asian apes).
