Physical anthropology

Physical anthropology

The branch of anthropology that studies the development of the human race in the context of other primate species.

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Physical anthropology

ischial callosities

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Hairless, callused areas on either side of the rump of monkeys in the Old World monkey subfamily Cercopithecinae (macaques, baboons, etc. ) and the small apes of Asia.

autogrooming

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Grooming oneself in contrast to allogrooming.

unit inheritance

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Gregor Mendel's idea that the characteristics of parents are passed on to descendants unchanged as units. In other words, the hereditary material of any organism is made up of discrete units (now ...

principle of independent assortment

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Gregor Mendel's second principle of genetic inheritance. It states that different pairs of genes are passed to offspring independently so that new combinations of genes, present in neither parent, ...

principle of segregation

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Gregor Mendel's first principle of genetic inheritance. It states that, for any particular trait, the pair of genes of each parent separate (during the formation of sex cells) and only one gene from ...

gracile

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Graceful, slender, and delicate. This 17th century English term is used to describe the body characteristics (especially bones) of the early australopithecines and the earliest humans.