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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
trajectory
Archaeology; Human evolution
In systems thinking, this refers to the series of successive states though which the system proceeds oevr time. It may be said to represent the long-term behavior of the system.
propositus
Archaeology; Human evolution
in human genetics, an affected male person, with whom the study of a character in a family begins.
gametophyte
Archaeology; Human evolution
The haploid sexual generation in the life cycle of plants that produces the gametes.
alveolar height
Archaeology; Human evolution
The vertical dimension of the lower part of the skeletal face, from the lower nasal border to the bone between the upper incisors.
oncogene
Archaeology; Human evolution
A gene whose action promotes cell proliferation. Oncogenes are altered forms of proto-oncogenes.
transversion mutation
Archaeology; Human evolution
A specific type of base-pair substitution mutation that involves a change in the DNA from a purine-pyrimidine base pair to a pyrimidine-purine base pair at the same site (e.g., At to TA or GC to TA).
