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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Trapezius muscle

Archaeology; Human evolution

A muscle extending from the nuchal plane to the clavicle and scapula that stabilises the shoulder and brings the scapula upwards.

Gene (medelian factor)

Archaeology; Human evolution

A unit of inheritence carried on a chromosome, transmitted from generation to generation by the gametes and controlling some aspects of the development of an individual.

Polycentrism

Archaeology; Human evolution

Fraz Weidenreich's theory of multiple centres of human evolution connected by a network of genic exchanges.

Parasagittal

Archaeology; Human evolution

Refers to a plane through the body parallel to the sagittal plane.

Frontal bone

Archaeology; Human evolution

The cranial bone forming the forehead and the top of the orbits and nose.

Pachynema

Archaeology; Human evolution

The stage in meiosis (mid-prophase I) during which the homologous pairs of chromosomes exchange chromosome regions.

Endocast

Archaeology; Human evolution

A cast made of the mould formed by the impression the brain makes on the inside of the neurocranium, providing a replica of the brain with the grosser details of its outer surface. Also called ...