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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Articular surface

Archaeology; Human evolution

Portion of a bone that is linked to another bone through an intervening joint of cartilage.

Totipotency

Archaeology; Human evolution

The capacity of a nucleus to direct events through all the stages in development and therefore produce a normal adult.

Corpus callosum

Archaeology; Human evolution

The bundle of neurons that connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres.

Pentose sugar

Archaeology; Human evolution

A 5-carbon sugar that, along with a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group, is one of the three parts of a nucleotide, the building block of RNA and DNA.

Contextual seriation

Archaeology; Human evolution

A method of relative dating pioneered by Flinders Petrie in the 19th century, in which artefacts are arranged according to the frequencies of their co-occurrence in specific contexts.