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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.
Industry: Archaeology
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Human evolution
deduction
Archaeology; Human evolution
A process of reasoning by which more specific consequences are inferred by rigorous argument from more general propositions.
ribonuclease (RNase)
Archaeology; Human evolution
An enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of RNA to nucleotides.
selection differential
Archaeology; Human evolution
In natural and artificial selection, the difference between the mean phenotype of the selected parents and the mean phenotype of the unselected population.
signal sequence
Archaeology; Human evolution
The hydrophobic, amino terminal extension found on proteins that are secreted from a cell. The amino terminus (extension) is removed and degraded in the cisternal space of the endoplasmic reticulum.
diagonal parallel flaking
Archaeology; Human evolution
This is similar to parallel flaking except that the flakes are removed at an oblique angle to the objective piece edge.
restriction map
Archaeology; Human evolution
A genetic map of DNA showing the relative positions of restriction enzyme cleavage sites.
