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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guanine (G)

Archaeology; Human evolution

Purine base found in RNA and DNA. In double-stranded DNA, guanine pairs with the pyrimidine cytosine.

serrate pattern

Archaeology; Human evolution

The combination of a very large vertically oriented mesial molar root with a smaller distal root angled both distally and in a buccal direction.

cotransduction

Archaeology; Human evolution

The simultaneous transduction of two or more bacterial genes; a good indication that the bacterial genes are closely linked.

sesamoid

Archaeology; Human evolution

A bone formed within a tendon.

dideoxy nucleotide

Archaeology; Human evolution

A modified nucleotide that has a 3'-H on the deoxyribose sugar rather than a 3'-OH. If a dideoxy nucleoside triphosphate (ddNTP) is used in a DNA synthesis reaction, the ddNTP can be incorporated ...