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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nasoalveolar clivus

Archaeology; Human evolution

Portion of the premaxilla extending from the nasal cavity to the incisor root sockets.

complete dominance

Archaeology; Human evolution

The case in which one allele is dominant to the other so that the phenotypic level of the heterozygote is essentially iindistinguishable from the homozygous dominant.

consensus sequence

Archaeology; Human evolution

The sequence indicating which nucleotide is found most frequently at each position.

bulb of force

Archaeology; Human evolution

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

percussion flaking

Archaeology; Human evolution

A method of striking with a percussor to detach flakes from an objective piece. Different methods or percussion flaking using different kinds of percussors tend to produce distinctive detached ...