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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Decay

Archaeology; Human evolution

In physics, the breaking apart of nuclei into smaller constituent nuclei, releasing energetic particles in the process as there is less total energy.

Polygene (multiple-gene) hypothesis for quantitative inheritance

Archaeology; Human evolution

The hypothesis that quantitative traits are controlled by many genes.

This technique involves the absorption of water on exposed surfaces of obsidian; when the local hydration rate is known, the thickness of the hydration layer, if accurately measured, can be used to ...

Sex-limited trait

Archaeology; Human evolution

A genetically controlled character that is phenotypically exhibited in only one of the two sexes.

Euchromatin

Archaeology; Human evolution

Chromatin that is condensed during division but becomes uncoiled during interphase.

Short interspersed repeated sequences (SINEs)

Archaeology; Human evolution

One class of interspersed and highly repeated sequences that consist of dispersed families with unit lengths of fewer than 500 base pairs and repeated for as many as hundreds of thousands of copies ...

Transcription factors (TFs)

Archaeology; Human evolution

Specific proteins that are required for the initiation of transcription by each of the three eukaryotic RNA polymerases. Each polymerase uses its own set of TFs.