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

Tautomeric shift

Archaeology; Human evolution

The change in the chemical form of a DNA (or RNA) base.

Synapomorphy

Archaeology; Human evolution

The sharing of apomorphies, or derived characters, by two or more species.

Billet

Archaeology; Human evolution

A baton or club, of material other than rock, used to detach flakes from an objective piece by percussion. It is usually made of antler, wood, or bone.

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Archaeology; Human evolution

A method used to replicate defined DNA sequences selectively and repeatedly from a DNA mixture.

Varves

Archaeology; Human evolution

Fine layers of alluvium sediment deposited in glacial lakes. Their annual deposition makes them a useful source of dating.

Regulatory factors

Archaeology; Human evolution

Proteins active in the activation or repression of transcription of the gene.

Cell cycle

Archaeology; Human evolution

The clinical process of growth and cellular reproduction in unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes. The cycle includes nuclear division, or mitosis, and cell division, or cytokinesis.