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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
olecranon fossa
Archaeology; Human evolution
A depression at the posterior side of the distal humerus, at the elbow, for the accommodating the olecranon process of the ulna when the elbow is extended.
mastoid process
Archaeology; Human evolution
A pyramid-shaped prominence of cancelous bone on the temporal bone behind the external auditory meatus. Muscles that extend and turn the head attach on it.
pericentric inversion
Archaeology; Human evolution
An inversion in which the inverted segment includes the parts of both chromosome arms and therefore includes the centromere.
shovel-shaped incisors
Archaeology; Human evolution
Incisors that have a scooped out lingual surface because of lingual marginal ridges, crown curvatures, or a basal tubercle alone or in combination.
premolar
Archaeology; Human evolution
Tooth lying between the canine and molars, usually smaller than the molars and generally flat except for the most anterior lower tooth in species with a canine cutting complex.
