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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nullisomy

Archaeology; Human evolution

The aberrant, aneuploid state in a normally diploid cell or organism in which there is a loss of one pair of homologous chromosomes.

disjunction

Archaeology; Human evolution

The process in anaphase during which sister chromatid pairs undergo separation.

arboreal

Archaeology; Human evolution

Living mainly in trees; for instance, arboreal quadrupeds are animals that use all four limbs in walking and running on trees limbs.

restriction enzymes

Archaeology; Human evolution

See restriction endonucleases.

temporal line

Archaeology; Human evolution

The line caused by the edge of the temporalis muscle where it attaches along the cranial vault. There are two lines, an inferior line from the deep part of the muscle and a superior line from the ...

meiosis

Archaeology; Human evolution

Two successive nuclear divisions of a diploid nucleus that result in the formation of haploid gametes or of meiospores having one-half the genetic material of the original cell.

neutral-mutation hypothesis

Archaeology; Human evolution

A hypothesis that replaced the classical model by acknoledging the presence of extensive genetic variation in proteins, but proposing that this variation is neutral with regard to natural selection.