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.

Industry: Archaeology

Add a new term

Contributors in Human evolution

Become a Contributors

Human evolution

bilateral symmetry

Archaeology; Human evolution

Anatomical features for which the right and left sides are close to being mirror images of one another.

patella

Archaeology; Human evolution

Kneecap, a large sesamoid bone at the knee.

multiple cloning site

Archaeology; Human evolution

See polylinker.

sacroiliac joint

Archaeology; Human evolution

The joint at the back of the pelvis between the sacrum and the ilium.

internal buttress (of the mandible)

Archaeology; Human evolution

Transverse torus or tori on the inside surface of the symphysis. When the most inferior one is the most posterior point on the internal surface, it is a simian shelf.

quartz crystal

Archaeology; Human evolution

A hexagonal crystal of silicon dioxide.

molecular genetics

Archaeology; Human evolution

A subdivision of the science of genetics involving how genetic information is encoded within the DNA and how biochemical processes of the cell translate the genetic information into the phenotype.