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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plantigrady

Archaeology; Human evolution

A stance or locomotion in which the body is positioned so that the palms and soles point downward.

drift (genetic drift)

Archaeology; Human evolution

Changes in gene frequencies due to random or stochastic variation and not the result of selection, mutation, or genic exchanges. Drift changes are most prominent in small populations.

opportunistic evolution

Archaeology; Human evolution

Species adapt to fill in all available niches.

ribose

Archaeology; Human evolution

The pentose sugar component of the nucleotide building block of RNA.

chiasma

Archaeology; Human evolution

A cross-shaped structure formed during crossing-over and visible during the diplonema stage of meiosis.

A process to identify adjacent clones in a genomic library. In chromosome walking, a piece of DNA is used to probe a genomic library to find an overlapping clone; then a piece of that clone is used ...