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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.
Industry: Archaeology
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Human evolution
avunculocal
Archaeology; Human evolution
Postmarital residence of a person with their mother's brother.
chloroplast
Archaeology; Human evolution
The cellular organelle found only in green plants that is the site of photosynthesis in the cells containing it.
transposon (Tn)
Archaeology; Human evolution
A mobile DNA segment that contains genes for the insertion of the DNA segment into the chromosome and for mobilization of the element to other locations on the chromosomes.
varves
Archaeology; Human evolution
Fine layers of alluvium sediment deposited in glacial lakes. Their annual deposition makes them a useful source of dating.
regulatory factors
Archaeology; Human evolution
Proteins active in the activation or repression of transcription of the gene.
