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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
informal tools
Archaeology; Human evolution
Stone tools made in a casual manner with only minor design constraints. These tools are often called expediently made tools or tools made for the need of the moment.
maternal effect
Archaeology; Human evolution
The phenotype in an individual that is established by the maternal nuclear genome, as the result of mRNA and/or proteins that are deposited in the oocyte prior to fertilization. These inclusions ...
bipolar flake
Archaeology; Human evolution
A detached piece formed as a result of compression forces. Bipolar flakes often show signs of impact on opposing ends and have compression rings moving in two directions toward one another.
uracil (U)
Archaeology; Human evolution
A pyrimidine base found in RNA but not in DNA. In double-stranded RNA it pairs with adenine.
frontal sinus
Archaeology; Human evolution
An open space found in the frontal bone where the squama meets the top of the orbits.
homozygous recessive
Archaeology; Human evolution
A diploid organism that has the same recessive allele for a given gene locus on both members of a homologous pair of chromosomes.
proportion of polymorphic loci
Archaeology; Human evolution
A ratio calculated by determining the number of polymorphic loci and dividing by the total number of loci examined.
