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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Paleoethnobotany

Archaeology; Human evolution

The recovery and identification of plant remains from archaeological contexts, important in the reconstruction of past environments and economies.

Woven bone

Archaeology; Human evolution

Bone of a coarse, fibrous texture that results from rapid, relatively disorganised growth; normally replaced later in development by more geometrically organised bone.

Germ-line mutations

Archaeology; Human evolution

Mutations in the germ-line of sexually reproducing organisms may be transmitted by the gametes to the next generation, giving rise to an individual with the mutant state in both its somatic and ...

Superciliary arches

Archaeology; Human evolution

Smoothly rounded bulges of bone found on the frontal bone of the skull at its centre and extending over the inner portion of the upper orbital border.