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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.
Industry: Archaeology
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Human evolution
Cell-free, protein-synthesizing system
Archaeology; Human evolution
A system, isolated from cells, that contains ribosomes, mRNA, tRNAs with amino acids attached, and all the necessary protein factors for the in vitro synthesis of polypeptides.
Patrilineal descent
Archaeology; Human evolution
Descent traced through a line of ancestors in the male line (see agnatic descent).
Point mutants
Archaeology; Human evolution
Organisms whose phenotypes result from an alteration of a single nucleotide pair.
Suture
Archaeology; Human evolution
A joint where two bones interdigitate and are separated by fibrous tissue. The joints between most of the bones of the skull are sutures. Most sutures join and the bones eventually fuse together as ...
Positive feedback
Archaeology; Human evolution
A system's response to external stimuli that leads to further change and reinforces it.
Microcystalline
Archaeology; Human evolution
Describes a rock in which the individual crustals can only be seen as such under a microscope.
Uniformitarianism
Archaeology; Human evolution
Originally a concept in geology, the precept that the processes observable in the present can also be used to explain the past.
