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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simian

Archaeology; Human evolution

Referring to any member of Anthropoidae (monkeys, humans, apes).

hemizygous

Archaeology; Human evolution

The condition of X-linked genes in males. Males that have an X-chromosome with an allele for a particular gene but do not have another allele of that gene in the gene complement are hemizygous.

gonial angle

Archaeology; Human evolution

The smoothly curced area where the back of the ramus meets the bottom of the corpus.

sulcus

Archaeology; Human evolution

A broad groove; on the brain's surface the sulci are the valleys between the gyri.

cluster analysis

Archaeology; Human evolution

A multivariate statistical technique which assesses the similarities between units or assemblages, based on the occurrence or non-occurrence of specific artifact types or other components within ...