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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Hertzian cone

Archaeology; Human evolution

The cone formed as a result of conchoidal fracture in brittle solids.

Centi-Morgan (cM)

Archaeology; Human evolution

The map unit. It is sometimes called a centi-Morgan in honour of T.H. Morgan.

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Archaeology; Human evolution

The molecule that carries the genetic information (genes) in all organisms except the RNA viruses. It consists of two long polysugar-phosphate strands connected by base pairs connecting congruent ...

Sunda

Archaeology; Human evolution

The name for the region of mainland Southeast Asia and the western Indonesian islands. This area is a single land mass during the low sea levl of glaciation.

The theory, mainly applied to Europe, that proposes two separate human lineages can be found in the Middle Pleistocene. One lineage (presapiens) evolved directly into modern H. sapiens populations ...

Preneanderthal Hypothesis

Archaeology; Human evolution

The theory, mainly applied to Europe, that proposes two separate lineages can be found in the Middle or Late Pleistocene. It posits that Neanderthals diverged from a line leading to modern Europeans ...