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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
mutation rate
Archaeology; Human evolution
The probability of a particular kind of mutation as a function of time.
moderately repetitive sequence
Archaeology; Human evolution
A DNA sequence that is reiterated from a few to as many as 103 to 105 times in the genome.
frequency seriation
Archaeology; Human evolution
A relative dating method which relies principally on measuring changes in the proportionalabundance, or frequency, observed among finds (e.g. counts of tool types, or of ceramic fabrics).
mutant allele
Archaeology; Human evolution
Any alternative to the wild-type allele of a gene. Mutant alleles may be dominant or recessive to wild-type alleles.
stasis
Archaeology; Human evolution
Little or no evolutionary change occurring over a long period of time; see also punctuated equilibrium.
half-life
Archaeology; Human evolution
The length of time in which one-half of the nuclei of an unstable isotope of an element decay into smaller nuclei (releasing energy).
double crossover
Archaeology; Human evolution
Two crossovers occurring in a particular region of a chromosome in meiosis.
