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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.
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Human evolution
Digastric sulcus
Archaeology; Human evolution
A long furrow following the medial surface of the mastoid process, where the digastric muscles attach (muscles important in opening the mandible and moving the hyoid bone).
Homozygous
Archaeology; Human evolution
A term describing a diploid organism having the same alleles at one or more genes and therefore producing gametes of identical genotypes.
Saltation
Archaeology; Human evolution
Discontinuous variation produced all at once by major mutation.
Standard deviation
Archaeology; Human evolution
Approximately, the mean difference between all of the data points in a sample and their average. Formally the square root of the variance (V), where V = S(
Mapping functions
Archaeology; Human evolution
Mathematical formulas that are used to correct the observed recombination values for the incidence of multiple crossovers.
Frontal breadth
Archaeology; Human evolution
The maximum transverse breadth of the frontal, taken on the coronal suture.
Canine jugum (juga)
Archaeology; Human evolution
Vertical ridge in the maxilla caused by an enlarged canine root.
