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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Open-area excavation

Archaeology; Human evolution

The opening up of large horizontal areas for excavation, used especially where single period deposits lie close to the surface.

A specially modified amino acid involving the addition of a formyl group to the amino acid groupof methionine. It is the first amino acid incorporated into a polypeptide chain in prokaryotes and in ...

Postorbital bar

Archaeology; Human evolution

Bony ridge surrounding the lateral side of the orbit in some primates and many other mammals.

Orbital pillar

Archaeology; Human evolution

The outer bony rim found on orbits that face anteriorly, made up of the zygomatic process of the frontal and the frontal process of the zygomatic bone.

Glottochronology

Archaeology; Human evolution

A controversial method of assessing the temporal divergence of two languages based on changes of vocabulary (lexicostatistics), and expressed as an arithmetic formula.

Religion

Archaeology; Human evolution

A framework of beliefs relating to supernatural or superhuman beings or forces that transcend the everyday material world.

Polytene chromosome

Archaeology; Human evolution

A special type of chromosome representing a bundle of numerous chromatids that have arisen by repeated cycles of replication of single chromatids without nuclear division. This type of chromosome is ...