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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zygomatic process

Archaeology; Human evolution

Part of a bone extending toward and meeting the zygomatic bone, there is a zygomatic process of the frontal, temporal, and maxilla.

wild-type allele

Archaeology; Human evolution

The allele designated as the standard ("normal") for a strain of organism.

speciation

Archaeology; Human evolution

The process whereby species multiply; the acquisition of reproductive isolation between populations, splitting one species into two.

temporalis muscle

Archaeology; Human evolution

A fan-shaped muscle that moves the jaw in mastication and creates force between the teeth, joining the inside of the mandibular ramus and the side and rear of the skull.