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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
Petrosal crest
Archaeology; Human evolution
A crest that follows along the base of the auditory tube.
Amniocentesis
Archaeology; Human evolution
A procedure in which a sample of amniotic sac fluid is withdrawn from the amniotic sac of a developing foetus and cells are cultured and examined for chromosomal abnormalities.
Reverse transcriptase
Archaeology; Human evolution
An enzyme (an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase) that makes a complementary DNA copy of an mRNA strand.
Proposita
Archaeology; Human evolution
In human genetics, an affected female person, with whom the study of a character in a family begins.
Extramolar sulcus (mandibular)
Archaeology; Human evolution
The gutter between the molar teeth and the interior surface of the ascending ramus, for attachment of the buccinator muscle of the cheek.
Proto-oncogenes
Archaeology; Human evolution
A gene that in normal cells functions to control the normal proliferation of cells, and that when mutated or changed in any other way becomes an oncogene.
Origin
Archaeology; Human evolution
A specific site on a chromosome at which the double helix denatures into single strands and continues to unwind as the replication fork(s) migrates.
