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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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Human evolution

standard deviation

Archaeology; Human evolution

Approximately, the mean difference between all of the data points in a sample and their average. Formally the square root of the variance (V), where V = S(

mapping functions

Archaeology; Human evolution

Mathematical formulas that are used to correct the observed recombination values for the incidence of multiple crossovers.

frontal breadth

Archaeology; Human evolution

The maximum transverse breadth of the frontal, taken on the coronal suture.

canine jugum (juga)

Archaeology; Human evolution

Vertical ridge in the maxilla caused by an enlarged canine root.

deme

Archaeology; Human evolution

A local population of a species; the community of potentially interbreeding individuals at a given locality; a population or race sampled over time.

heterozygous

Archaeology; Human evolution

A term describing a diploid organism having different alleles of one or more genes and therefore producing gametes of different genotypes.

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