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

Prehistory

Archaeology; Human evolution

The period of human history before the advent of writing.

Gene frequency

Archaeology; Human evolution

The percentage or proportion of a given allele in a sample.

Cell division

Archaeology; Human evolution

A process whereby one cell divides to produce two cells.

An event found only in the life cycle of flowering plants. It is the fusing of the sperm cell with the two nuclei of the gametophyte's central cell to form the cell that will become the endosperm of ...

Negative feedback

Archaeology; Human evolution

In systems thinking, this is a process which acts to counter or "dampen" the potentially disruptive effects of external inputs; it acts as a stabilising mechanism.

Plasmid

Archaeology; Human evolution

An extrachromosomal genetic element consisting of double-stranded DNA that replicates autonomously from the host chromosome.

Trajectory

Archaeology; Human evolution

In systems thinking, this refers to the series of successive states though which the system proceeds oevr time. It may be said to represent the long-term behaviour of the system.