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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Mitochondria

Archaeology; Human evolution

The small extra-nuclear organelles (bodies) within a cell's cytoplasm that control production of energy from food through the production of ATP (adenosine triphosphate).

Population genetics

Archaeology; Human evolution

A branch of genetics that describes in mathematical terms the consequences of Mendelian inheritance on the population level.

A mortality pattern based on bone or tooth wear analysis, and corresponding to a "natural" age distribution in which the older the age group, the fewer the individuals it has. This pattern is often ...

Lytic cycle

Archaeology; Human evolution

A type of phage life cycle in which the phage takes over the bacterium and directs its growth and reproductive activities to express the phage's genes and to produce progeny phages.

Incomplete (partial) dominance

Archaeology; Human evolution

The condition resulting when one allele is not completely dominant to another allele so that the heterozygote has a phenotype between that shown in individuals homozygous for either individual allele ...

Temporal fossa

Archaeology; Human evolution

The space enclosed by the side of the skull and the zygomatic arch, which is occupied by the temporalis muscle as it passes from its mandibular attachment to its attachment on the cranium.

Balanced polymorphism

Archaeology; Human evolution

A multiplicity of forms in which the frequencies of the different variations do not differ significantly over time because of selection against the extremes (homozygotes).