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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
articular surface
Archaeology; Human evolution
Portion of a bone that is linked to another bone through an intervening joint of cartilage.
totipotency
Archaeology; Human evolution
The capacity of a nucleus to direct events through all the stages in development and therefore produce a normal adult.
homoplasy (parallelism)
Archaeology; Human evolution
The separate appearance of a feature with the same character state in two or more species that developed independently from a different character state of the feature in the last common ancestor.
olecranon process
Archaeology; Human evolution
A beak-like projection on the proximal end of the ulna, at the elbow, for articulation with the humerus and attachment of the triceps muscles.
quartz
Archaeology; Human evolution
A mineral composed of the elements silicon and oxygen (silicon dioxide) that occurs in multiple forms.
transcription terminator sequence (terminator)
Archaeology; Human evolution
A transcription regulatory sequence located at the distal end of a gene that signals the termination of transcription.
