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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
lineage
Archaeology; Human evolution
A group of ancestral-descendant species that are reproductively isolated from other lineages, a line of common descent.
maxillary shelving
Archaeology; Human evolution
A straight lower cheek border that merges smoothly into the lateral wall of the palate and creates a continuous bone mass between the masseter attachment and tooth row.
grooming
Archaeology; Human evolution
Cleaning the body surface by licking, biting, picking with fingers or claws, or other kinds of manipulation.
semitendinosus
Archaeology; Human evolution
One of the hamstring muscles, which extend the thigh and flex the leg.
multivariate statistics
Archaeology; Human evolution
Statistical procedures that are designed to treat simultaneously (and to assess relationships among) several variables per object.
cis-dominance
Archaeology; Human evolution
The phenomenon of a gene or DNA sequence controlling only genes that are on the same contiguous piece of DNA.
apomorphy
Archaeology; Human evolution
A derived character, a feature whose state is unlike the ancestral condition. If it is a unique variation it is an autapomorphy, if shared by more than one taxon, it is a synapomorphy.
