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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Genetic correlation (pleiotropy)

Archaeology; Human evolution

Covariation of features in populations because they share some genes. An association between the genes that determine two traits.

Radius

Archaeology; Human evolution

One of two long bones of the forearm, on the thumb side, which rotates against the ulna so that its lower end, the hand, can be turned.

Totemism

Archaeology; Human evolution

Symbolic association between a social group (e.g., a lineage or clan) and a kind of bird, plant, or natural phenomenon. In "classic" forms, a member of the social group has some special religious ...