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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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Human evolution
Exaptation
Archaeology; Human evolution
The name given for a character that evolved to fulfil a different function than the one it currently serves.
Type
Archaeology; Human evolution
(1) A complete or incomplete specimen which serves as the base for the name of a taxon; (2) a single individual used to epitomise a sample.
Cartilage
Archaeology; Human evolution
A flexible connective tissue that is an important part of most of the skeleton and that calcifies at various stages of growth.
Ethmoid bone
Archaeology; Human evolution
A small bone in the skull that contributes to the inner orbital wall and also forms a small portion of the floor of the braincase under the frontal bone.
Expedient behaviour
Archaeology; Human evolution
Behaviours and strategies reflected in the archaeological record that serve to solve an immediate problem (cf. curated behavior).
Frontal keel or torus
Archaeology; Human evolution
A thickening of bone passing sagittally down the frontal squama from its top (posterior), forpart, most, or all of the squama's length.
Monocausal explanation
Archaeology; Human evolution
Explanations of culture change (e.g. for state origins) which lays stress on a single dominant explanatory factor or "prime mover."
