Physical anthropology

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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first cousin

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Someone who is related as a result of being a child of one's uncle or aunt.

universal donor

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Someone who has type O blood. Such people lack antigens for the ABO blood system. As a result, their blood will not be agglutinated when it is transfused into people with any other ABO type.

universal receiver

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Someone who has type AB blood. Such people do not produce antibodies for the ABO blood system. As a result, they can receive transfusions from people with any ABO type without agglutinating it.

centriole

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Small, dense bodies outside of a cell nucleus that contract and become visible early in mitosis and meiosis when the nuclear membrane breaks down. Spindle fibers eventually emanate from each ...

Small structures usually near the surface of endoplasmic reticula in the cytoplasm of cells. Ribosomes are the sites where proteins are assembled. Each ribosome is composed of 3 RNA strands and 54 ...

mitochondria

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Small rod-like structures in the cytoplasm that produce fuel for the cell in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). A small amount of DNA in a circular looping chromosome is located in ...

microevolution

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Small changes in a population's gene pool occurring over a few generations. The accumulation of microevolutionary changes can result in macroevolution.