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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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Mossbauer spectroscopy
Archaeology; Human evolution
A technique used in the analysis of artefact composition, particularly iron compounds in pottery. It involves the measurement of the gamma radiation absorbed by the iron nuclei, which provides ...
Neolithic Revolution
Archaeology; Human evolution
A term coined by V.G. Childe in 1941 to describe the origin and consequences of farming (i.e. the development of stock raising and agriculture), allowing the widespread development of settled village ...
Pulse hypothesis
Archaeology; Human evolution
A theory that begins with the assumption that all evolutionary changes are related to speciations and extinctions. If so, during a period of climate change the rates of speciation and extinction ...
X-linked dominant trait
Archaeology; Human evolution
A trait due to a dominant mutant gene carried on the X chomosome.
Y-linked (holandric (wholly male)) trait
Archaeology; Human evolution
A trait due to a mutant gene carried on the Y chromosome but with no counterpart on the X.
X-linked recessive trait
Archaeology; Human evolution
A trait due to a recessive mutant gene carried on the X chromosome.
Inca bone
Archaeology; Human evolution
A triangular shaped Wormian bone found where the lambdoidal suture meets the sagittal suture.
