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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
Minimum number of individuals (MNI)
Archaeology; Human evolution
A method of assessing species abundance in faunal assemblages based on a calculation of the smallest number of animals necessary to account for all the identified bones. Usually calculated from the ...
Heteromorphic
Archaeology; Human evolution
The occurrence of two different alleles at a particular locus.
Cortex (cortical layer)
Archaeology; Human evolution
1) Outer surface or layer, the dense outer layers of most bones 2) chemical or mechanical weathered surface on rocks.
Systems thinking
Archaeology; Human evolution
A method of formal analysis in which the object of study is viewed as comprising distinct analytical sub-units. Thus in archaeology, it comprises a form of explanation in which a society or culture ...
Arboreal theory
Archaeology; Human evolution
A theory that many of the cranial and post-cranial adaptations found in primates are actually exaptations for life in the trees.
Radial notch
Archaeology; Human evolution
Smooth facet on the ulna's proximal shaft where the head of the radius articulates during radial rotation.
