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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

cladogenesis

Archaeology; Human evolution

Species formation, the branching of a single lineage to form two lineages.

gene frequency

Archaeology; Human evolution

The percentage or proportion of a given allele in a sample.

chopper

Archaeology; Human evolution

A stone made by taking a few flakes off a pebble or rock fragment, to produce a sharp cutting edge.

cladistics (cladism)

Archaeology; Human evolution

Classification reflecting genealogy (recency of common descent) by means of shared derived characters; also called phylogenetic systematics.

protein

Archaeology; Human evolution

One of a group of high-molecular weight, nitrogen-containing organic compounds of complex shape and composition.

diploe

Archaeology; Human evolution

Spongy bone that is sandwiched between inner and outer cortical bone tables.

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