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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Q banding

Archaeology; Human evolution

A staining technique in which metaphase chromosomes are stained with quinacrine mustard to produce temporary fluorescent Q bands on the chromosomes.

A technique developed by M. Thomas, R. White, and R. Davis in which molecules of double-stranded DNA are incubated at temperatures below their denaturing temperature to open up short stretches of the ...

Levallois technique

Archaeology; Human evolution

A technique for flake production in which a stone core is shaped like a tortoise shell and a single flake with preformed shape is struck from it.

Punctuated equilibrium theory

Archaeology; Human evolution

A model of evolution in which changes occur when new species are formed and only rarely are slowly and gradually accumulated during the stable periods between speciations.

New archaeology

Archaeology; Human evolution

A new approach advocated in the 1960s which argued for an explicitly scientific framework of archaeological method and theory, with hypotheses rigorously tested, as the proper basis for explanation ...