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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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crush
Archaeology; Human evolution
In chewing, the action created by the forces between opposing teeth, acting in a direction that is close to perpendicular to the plane of contact.
penetrance
Archaeology; Human evolution
The frequency with which a dominant or homozygous recessive gene manifests itself in the phenotype of an individual.
auditory tube
Archaeology; Human evolution
The tube of the bone holding the tympanic part of the temporal, the passage leading to the tympanic membrane.
hypervitaminosis
Archaeology; Human evolution
A condition resulting from a dietary excess of the vitamin concerned.
lambda
Archaeology; Human evolution
A point on the back of the skull at the juncture of the occiput and the parietal bones, where the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures meet.
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