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Physical anthropology
The branch of anthropology that studies the development of the human race in the context of other primate species.
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Physical anthropology
Chromatids
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
One of two or more strands of a chromosome that are joined at a centromere.
Tectonic movement
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
Lateral and/or vertical movement of segments of the earth's crust. The continents and the ocean floors consist of tectonic plates that are moving relative to each other. On average, such movements ...
Inheritance of acquired characteristics
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
Lamarck's theory that evolution occurs as a result of an organism acquiring a change in form due to using or not using particular body parts during its lifetime and then passing the new trait on to ...
Minerals
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
Inorganic, naturally occurring materials consisting of specific elements. They are usually rocks with a characteristic crystalline structure and other identifiable physical traits. Quartz, talc, and ...
Mendelian genetics
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
Inheritance patterns which can be explained by simple rules of dominance and recessiveness of genes.
Heterosis
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
Increased health of individuals who are the result of negative assortative mating, or crossbreeding. This is due to the fact that when mates are from very different genetic lines they are more likely ...
Shovel-shaped incisors
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
Incisor teeth that have a "scooped out" appearance on the tongue side. This pattern is characteristics of East Asian and Native American Populations today. It was also common among Homo erectus.