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.

Industry: Archaeology

Add a new term

Contributors in Human evolution

Become a Contributors

Human evolution

Genome

Archaeology; Human evolution

The entire DNA component of a cell, a structured array consisting of genes and their parts, units of DNA replication, and nonfunctioning regions.

Striking platform

Archaeology; Human evolution

The surface are of an objective piece recieving the force to detach a piece of material. This surface is often removed with the detached piece so that the detached piece will contain the strking ...

Coronal suture

Archaeology; Human evolution

The suture between the frontal bone and the parietal bones behind it.

Acrocentric chromosome

Archaeology; Human evolution

A chromosome with a centromere near the end such that it has one long arm plus a stalk and a satellite.

Intron

Archaeology; Human evolution

A nucleotide sequence in eukaryotes that must be excised from a structural gene transcript in order to convert the transcript into a mature messenger RNA molecule containing only coding sequences ...

Virilocal

Archaeology; Human evolution

Residence of a married couple with the husband's kin (formerly called "patrilocal"). Residence rules can be further distinguished as viri-patrilocal (with the husband's father - patri-virilocal ...