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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.

Contributors in Human evolution

Human evolution

Polylinker (multiple cloning site)

Archaeology; Human evolution

A region of clustered unique restriction sites in a cloning vector.

Allele

Archaeology; Human evolution

One or two or more alternative forms of a single gene locus. Different alleles of a gene each have a unique nucleotide sequence, and their activities are all concerned with the same biochemical and ...

Lacrimal duct

Archaeology; Human evolution

Tear duct, connecting the orbit with the nasal cavity.

Neurocranium

Archaeology; Human evolution

The portion of the skull enclosing the brain, as distinct from the facial bones and the basicranium.

Mastoid tubercle

Archaeology; Human evolution

A distinct bump on the lateral face of the mastoid process, just behind the external auditory meatus. It is usually treated as a nonmetric trait.

Discontinuous trait

Archaeology; Human evolution

A heritable trait in which the mutant phenotype is sharply distinct from the alternative, wild-type phenotype.

Epoch

Archaeology; Human evolution

A subdivision of a geological period (e.g., the Pliocene is an epoch in the Tertiary Period).

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