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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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Mitochondrial Eve
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The name given by advocates of the replacement model of modern Homo sapiens to the last presumed common ancestor of modern humans based on a comparison of mitochondrial DNA from around the world. She ...
Conduction
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The movement of heat from one object to another by direct contact. Example: the transmission of heat from your body to the chair on which you are sitting. See convection and radiation.
Convection
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The movement of heat from on object to the surrounding fluid (either gas or liquid). Example: the transmission of heat from your body to water when you are swimming. See conduction and radiation.
Acheulian
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The most well known stone tool making tradition of Homo erectus and early archaic humans. It first appeared about 1. 5 million years ago or somewhat earlier in East Africa and eventually spread ...
Neandertals
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The most well known late archaic humans. They lived mostly in Europe and the Near East from 150,000 years ago or even earlier until at sometime after 28,000 years ago. There is an on-going debate as ...
Cenozoic Era
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The most recent geological era, dating from about 65. 5 million years ago to the present. It is the era in which the mammals flourished. It began as the last dinosaurs became extinct, at the end of ...
Mousterian
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The most advanced tool making tradition of the Neandertals. It was also shared by some other late archaic humans and early modern Homo sapiens. The Mousterian tradition was characterised by a ...
