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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Frequency distribution

Archaeology; Human evolution

A means of summarising the phenotypes of a continuous trait whereby the population is describedin terms of the proportion of individuals that have each phenotype.

Ramage

Archaeology; Human evolution

A term used by Firth to denote a cognatic descent group, and by Sahlins to denote a descent system where local descent groups are ranked according to senoirity of descent.

Marginal ridges

Archaeology; Human evolution

Elevated ledge on the edges on the inner surface of the incisors.

Gene redundancy

Archaeology; Human evolution

A situation in which tRNA genes occur two or more times in the E. coli chromosome.

Altruism

Archaeology; Human evolution

Behaviour that benefits another individual at a cost to the actor, where cost and benefit are defined in terms of reproductive success.

Molariform

Archaeology; Human evolution

Molar-like in form and function; for instance, a premolar adding cusps and becoming more closely rectangular in outline.

Shelf-like thickening of bone on the inside of the mandibular symphysis; superior and inferior transverse tori can be present but there can also only be one. The inferior transverse torus is a simian ...