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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Crepuscular

Archaeology; Human evolution

Active primarily in dim light, around the hours of dawn and dusk.

Forward mutation

Archaeology; Human evolution

A mutational change from a wild-type allele to a mutant allele.

Genetic variance (VG)

Archaeology; Human evolution

Genetic sources of phenotypic variation among individuals of a population; includes dominance genetic variance, additive genetic variance, and epistatic genetic variance.

Relatively small and autonomous groups, usually of agriculturalists, who regulate their own affairs; in some cases, they may join together with other comparable segmentary societies to form a larger ...