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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

methodological individualism

Archaeology; Human evolution

Approach to the study of societies which assumes that thoughts and decisions do have agency, and that actions and shared institutions can be interpreted as the products of the decisions and actions ...

polyandry

Archaeology; Human evolution

Marriage of a women to two or more men.

terminator

Archaeology; Human evolution

See transcription terminator sequence.

sperm cells (spermatozoa)

Archaeology; Human evolution

The male gametes; the spermatozoa produced by the testes in male animals.

lordosis

Archaeology; Human evolution

Ventrally convex curvature of the spine, contrasting with the normally concave condition.

dorsal ridge

Archaeology; Human evolution

A line or ridge formed on the dorsal surface by the previous removal of detached pieces from the objective piece. Also referred to as a dorsal arris.

allelomorph

Archaeology; Human evolution

A term coined by William Bateson; literally means "alternative form"; later shortened by others to allele.

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