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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cercopithecine

Archaeology; Human evolution

Referring to members of the monkey subfamily Cercopithecinae.

branch-point sequence

Archaeology; Human evolution

The consenus sequence in mammalian cells, YNCURA, (where Y is a pyrimidine, R is a purine, and N is any base) to which the free 5' end of the intron loops and binds to the A nucleotide in the ...

termination factors (release factors; RF)

Archaeology; Human evolution

The specific proteins in polypeptide synthesis (translation) that read the chain termination codons and then initiate a series of specific events to terminate polypeptide synthesis.

interpluvial

Archaeology; Human evolution

A dry phase between two rainy periods.

sedimentary rock

Archaeology; Human evolution

A rock composed of the by-products of other rocks that have been eroded or dissolved. Examples of sedimentary rocks are sandstone, mudstone, halite, and chert.