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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

Conservative model

Archaeology; Human evolution

A DNA replication scheme in which the two parental strands of DNA remain together and serve as a template for the synthesis of a new daughter double helix.

Apical ancestor (ancestress)

Archaeology; Human evolution

The ancestor or ancestress from which descent is traced (the "apex" of the triangle of descendants).

Scapular spine

Archaeology; Human evolution

The projecting structure extending transversely across the back of the scapula, holding the attachment for muscles such as the deltoid and trapezius, and terminating in the acromion process that ...

Homozygote

Archaeology; Human evolution

A festure controlled by a locus at which the two alleles are the same.

Analysis of variance (ANOVA)

Archaeology; Human evolution

A series of statistical procedures for examining differences in means and for partitioning variance.

Megafauna

Archaeology; Human evolution

Very large animals, such as elephants, mammoths, or giant sloth.

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