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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vertebral canal

Archaeology; Human evolution

See neural canal.

endinion

Archaeology; Human evolution

The internal occipital protuberance, or internal inion, where the transverse sulcus dividing the internal surface of the occiput into the cerebral fossa superiorly and the cerebellar fossae ...

medial

Archaeology; Human evolution

Toward the midline of the body.

codon

Archaeology; Human evolution

A group of three adjacent nucleotides in an mRNA molecule that specifies either one amino acid in a polypeptide chain or the termination of polypeptide synthesis.

tendon

Archaeology; Human evolution

A strong, inelastic cord of connective tissue joining muscle to bone.

semidiscontinuous

Archaeology; Human evolution

Concerning DNA replication, when one new strand is synthesized continuously and the other discontinuously. See also discontinuous DNA replication.

maxillary notch (incisura malaris)

Archaeology; Human evolution

A distinct angle between the lower border of the cheek at the zygomatic process of the maxilla and the external palate wall, which establishes a notched lower cheek contour.