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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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Human evolution
Thermoluminescence (TL)
Archaeology; Human evolution
A dating technique that relies indirectly on radioactive decay, overlapping with radiocarbon in the time period for which it is useful, but also has the potential for dating earlier periods. It has ...
Non-probabilistic sampling
Archaeology; Human evolution
A statistical sampling strategy which concentrates on sampling areas on the basis of intuition, historical documentation, or long field experience in the area.
Heterochromatin
Archaeology; Human evolution
Chromatin that remains condensed throughout the cell cycle and is generally inactive.
Histone
Archaeology; Human evolution
One of a class of basic proteins that are complexed with DNA in chromosomes and that play a major role in determining the structure of eukaryotic nuclear chromosomes.
Chi-square (X2) test
Archaeology; Human evolution
A statistical procedure that determines what constitutes a significant difference between observed results and results expected on the basis of a particular hypothesis; a goodness-of-fit test.
Facultative heterochromatin
Archaeology; Human evolution
Chromatin that may become condensed throughout the cell cycle and may contain genes that areinactivated when the chromatin becomes condensed.
Panmictic populations
Archaeology; Human evolution
One in which genotypes associate at random (i.e., with equal probabilities of mating between any two individuals of opposite sex).
