Human evolution

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

physical map

Archaeology; Human evolution

Map of physically identifiable regions or markers on genomic DNA, constructed without genetic recombination analysis.

second-site mutation

Archaeology; Human evolution

See suppressor mutation.

family

Archaeology; Human evolution

The major group within an order, a monophyletic group of genera separated from similar groups by distance ofcommon ancestry.

metamorphosed

Archaeology; Human evolution

Usually refers to rocks that have been changed by heat and pressure.

trochanter

Archaeology; Human evolution

A larger process, for muscle attachment.

specialized transducing phage

Archaeology; Human evolution

A temperate bacteriophage that can transduce only a certain section of the bacterial chromosome.

natural selection

Archaeology; Human evolution

Difference in reproductive success and/or survivorship of individuals that result in the unequal contribution of genotypes to the gene pool of the next generation.