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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normal polarity epoch

Archaeology; Human evolution

Period of geological time in which the earth's magnetic field is directed as it is at present.

cranial base angle

Archaeology; Human evolution

The angle between the basi-occiput and the body of the sphenoid, incorrectly thought to be related to speech capacity.

elasticity

Archaeology; Human evolution

The property of stone to return to its former state after being depressed by the application of force.

biostratigraphy

Archaeology; Human evolution

Sequential or temporal ordering of strata based on the fossils they contain.

opisthion

Archaeology; Human evolution

The midline point of the posterior margin of the foramen magnum.

ossicle

Archaeology; Human evolution

Very small bone, such as the ear ossicles or the finger joint sesamoid bones.

high-frequency recombination (Hfr)

A male cell in E. coli with the F factor integrated into the bacterial chromosome. When the F factor promotes conjunction with a female (F-) cell, bacterial genes are transferred to the female cell ...