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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
phosphate group
Archaeology; Human evolution
A component, along with a pentose sugar and a nitrogenous base, of a nucleotide, the building block of RNA and DNA. Because phosphate groups are acidic in nature, DNA and RNA are called nucleic ...
glabella
Archaeology; Human evolution
A place on the midline of the frontal bone between the browridges, superciliary arches, or upper orbital borders.
valgus
Archaeology; Human evolution
An angulation of the femur in which the knees are closer together than the hip joints; "knock-kneed."
asymmetrical alliance
Archaeology; Human evolution
In alliance theory, a marriage system involving indirect exchange.
