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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
nuchal line
Archaeology; Human evolution
Three lines that transversely cross the cranial rear. From lowest to highest they are: inferior nuchal line extends across the middle of the nuchal lane, separating the nuchal muscles semispinalis ...
mandibular groove
Archaeology; Human evolution
A groove extending down from the lower rim of the mandibular foramen or from just below it.
chi-square (X2) test
Archaeology; Human evolution
A statistical procedure that determines what constitutes a significant difference between observed results and results expected on the basis of a particular hypothesis; a goodness-of-fit test.
facultative heterochromatin
Archaeology; Human evolution
Chromatin that may become condensed throughout the cell cycle and may contain genes that areinactivated when the chromatin becomes condensed.
panmictic populations
Archaeology; Human evolution
One in which genotypes associate at random (i.e., with equal probabilities of mating between any two individuals of opposite sex).
autonomously replicating sequences (ARS elements)
Archaeology; Human evolution
Specific sequences (e.g., in baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae) that, when included as part of an extrachromosomal, circular DNA molecule, confer on that molecule the ability to replicate ...
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