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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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Parental-ditype (PD)
Archaeology; Human evolution
One of three types of tetrads possible when two genes are segregating in a cross. The PD tetrad contains four nuclei, all of which are parental genotypes, with two of one parent and two of the other ...
Squamosal suture
Archaeology; Human evolution
Suture between the parietal and temporal bones, in the form of a bevelled edge with the temporal overlapping on the outside.
Basion (ba)
Archaeology; Human evolution
The point where the anterior border of the foramen magnum crosses the midline.
Leader sequence
Archaeology; Human evolution
One of three main parts of the mRNA molecule. The leader sequence is located on the 5' end of the mRNA molecule and contains the coded information that the ribosome and special proteins read to tell ...
Taphonomy
Archaeology; Human evolution
Study of the processes that effect the remains of organisms from the death of an organism through its fossilization.
Bregma (b)
Archaeology; Human evolution
The point at the top of the head where the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull meet, or where the two parietal bones meet with the frontal.
Homozygous dominant
Archaeology; Human evolution
A diploid organism that has the same dominant allele for a given gene locus on both members of a homologous pair of chromosomes.
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