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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Homeobox

Archaeology; Human evolution

A 180-bp consenus sequence found in the protein-coding sequences of genes that regulate development.

Amino acids

Archaeology; Human evolution

The building blocks of polypeptides. There are 20 different amino acids.

The second stage of meiosis during which the centromeres (and therefore the chromatids) are pulled to the opposite poles of the spindle. The separated chromatids are now referred to as chromosomes in ...

Harlequin chromosomes

Archaeology; Human evolution

5-bromodeoxyuridine (5-BUdR), a thymidine analog, is incorporated into DNA during replication. When both DNA strands contain 5-BUdR, the chromatid stains less intensely than when only one DNA strand ...

Inversion

Archaeology; Human evolution

1) Turning inward, for example, of the sole of the foot 2) A chromosomal mutation that results when a segment of a chromosome is excised and then reintegrated in an orientation 180º from the original ...

Radioimmunoassay

Archaeology; Human evolution

A method of protein analysis whereby it is possible to identify protein molecules surviving in fossils which are thousands and even millions of years old.

Nuchal torus

Archaeology; Human evolution

A thickened bony prominence extending transversely across some or all of the back of the head, on the occipital bone, reflecting the pattern of muscle use as it separates the nuchal plane below from ...