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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A test developed by Bruce Ames in the early 1970s that investigates new or old environmental chemicals for carcinogenic effects. It uses the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium as a test organism for ...

Zygomatic base

Archaeology; Human evolution

Place where the lower border of the cheek merges with the outer wall of the palate.

Calvaria (calvarium)

Archaeology; Human evolution

The bones of the cranium without the face or mandible.

Gluteus medius

Archaeology; Human evolution

Muscle extending from the lateral surface of the ilium to the greater trochanter of the femur, causing abduction at the hip.

Bregmatic (prebregmatic) eminence

Archaeology; Human evolution

Small prominence on the cranial midline at or near bregma.

Regional continuity

Archaeology; Human evolution

The observation that there is a sequence of anatomical features, often found together, spanning the time from earlier to later populations in a geographic region, that seems to reflect some degree of ...

Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS)

Archaeology; Human evolution

A method of analysing artefact composition similar to optical emission spectrometry (OES) in that it measures energy in the form of visible light waves. It is capable of measuring up to 40 different ...