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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preferential

Archaeology; Human evolution

Of a marriage pattern (e.g., marriage with a cross-cousin, a brother's widow, etc.), socially valued and desirable, but not conjoined.

immunoglobulins

Archaeology; Human evolution

Specialized proteins (antibodies) secreted by B cells that circulate in the blood and lymph and that are responsible for humoral immune responses.

eruption standards

Archaeology; Human evolution

The patterns of average eruptions in a population.

occipital bun

Archaeology; Human evolution

A backward extension of the cranial rear in the form of a protuberance bounded by the nuchal plane below, a shaft vertical face for the occiput behind, and a flat surface above (lambdoidal ...

flotation

Archaeology; Human evolution

A method of screening (sleving) excavated matrix in water so as to separate and recover small ecofacts andartifacts.

sagittal keel (torus)

Archaeology; Human evolution

A thickening of the bone on all or part of the midline of the frontal or parietals where they meet sagittally, or both bones.

hominid

Archaeology; Human evolution

Extant humans and their unique ancestors and collateral relatives, extending back in time until the split with the line leading to chimpanzees (the closest living human relative).