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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Human evolution

Transfer RNA (tRNA)

Archaeology; Human evolution

One of the hour classes of RNA molecules produced by transcription and involved in protein synthesis; molecules that bring amino acids to the ribosome, where they are matched to the transcribed ...

RNA editing

Archaeology; Human evolution

Posttranscriptional insertion and/or deletion of nucleotides in an mRNA molecule.

Single-strand DNA binding (SSB) proteins (helix-destabilizing proteins)

Archaeology; Human evolution

Proteins that help the DNA unwinding process by stabilising the single-stranded DNA.

Brachial Index

Archaeology; Human evolution

Ratio of the length of the forearm divided by the length of the upper arm (radius/humerus*100).

Sometimes known as "Out of Africa," or "Out of Africa II" (recognizing that there was an earlier migration from Africa); it is one version of the "Out of Africa" theories stipulating that all modern ...