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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reverse genetics

Archaeology; Human evolution

See positional cloning.

infanticide

Archaeology; Human evolution

The killing of infants.

incisive canal

Archaeology; Human evolution

Tubular passageway between the anterior portion of the hard palate and the floor of the nose, to carry the nerves and vessels running between the nasal and oral cavities.

barr body

Archaeology; Human evolution

A highly condensed mass of chromatin found in the nuclei of normal females, but not in the nuclei of normal male cells. It represents a cytologically condensed and inactivated X chromosome.