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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isotopic analysis

Archaeology; Human evolution

An important source of information on the reconstruction of prehistoric diets, this technique analyses the ratios of the principle isotopes preserved in human bone; in effect the method reads the ...

imaginal discs

Archaeology; Human evolution

In the Drosophila blastoderm, undifferentiated cells that will develop into adult tissue and organs.

catabolite repression (glucose effect)

Archaeology; Human evolution

The inactivation of an inducible bacterial operon in the presence of glucose even though the operon's inducer is present.

number of identified specimens (NISP)

A gross counting technique used in the quantification of animal bones. The method may rpoduce misleading results in assessing the relative abundance of different species, since skeletal differences ...

non-probabilistic sampling

Archaeology; Human evolution

A statistical sampling strategy which concentrates on sampling areas on the basis of intuition, historical documentation, or long field experience in the area.