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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.

Contributors in Human evolution

Human evolution

transductants

Archaeology; Human evolution

In bacteria, the recipients inheriting donor DNA in the process of transduction.

biochemical mutation

Archaeology; Human evolution

See auxotrophic mutation.

limbic system

Archaeology; Human evolution

A complex part of the brain comprised of deep nuclei and fiber tracts related to the control and expression of the emotions.

maternal inheritance

Archaeology; Human evolution

A phenomenon in which the mother's phenotype is expressed exclusively.

lethal allele

Archaeology; Human evolution

An allele that results in the death of an organism.

glaciation

Archaeology; Human evolution

Ice age, the temporary enlargement of continental ad momentum glaciers associated with worldwide climate changes.

enamel wrinkling

Archaeology; Human evolution

Secondaryfolding of the enamel at the occlusal surface of a tooth.

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