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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Human evolution

Dowry

Archaeology; Human evolution

Goods sent with a girl at her marriage, either as payment to the husband's kin or as payment of the women's share of her family estate.

Asexual (vegetative) reproduction

Archaeology; Human evolution

Reproduction in which a new individual develops either from a single cell or from a group of cells in the absence of any sexual process.

Dominance variance (VD)

Archaeology; Human evolution

Genetic variance that arises from the dominance effects of genes.

Telomere-associated sequences

Archaeology; Human evolution

Repeated, complex DNA sequences extending from the molecular gene of chromosomal DNA, suspected to mediate many of the telomere-specific interactions.

Linea aspera

Archaeology; Human evolution

The elevated line that extends down the posterior surface of the femoral shaft.

Dendrochronology

Archaeology; Human evolution

The study of tree-ring patterns; annual variations in climatic conditions which produce differential growth can be used both as a measure of environmental change, and as the basis for a chronology.

Rock varnishes

Archaeology; Human evolution

Natural accretions of magnesium and iron oxides, togetehr with clay minerals and organic matter, which can provide valuable environmental evidence. Their study, when combined with radiocarbon ...