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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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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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