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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evolution

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Genetic change in a population of organisms that occurs over time. The term is also frequently used to refer to the appearance of a new species. More specifically, it is change in the frequencies of ...

linked genes

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Genes that are on the same chromosome and subsequently are inherited together as a package unless crossing-over separates them.

Levallois flake

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Flakes of more or less standardized shapes and sizes made with a specific technique in the Mousterian tool tradition of the Neandertals and some of their contemporaries. Flint and other brittle ...

genetic drift

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Evolution, or change in gene pool frequencies, resulting from random chance. Genetic drift occurs most rapidly in small populations. In large populations, random deviations in allele frequencies in ...

digits

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Fingers and toes. See pentadactylism.

selective pressure

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Environmental pressure that is placed on individuals within a population that results in change of the genetic makeup of the next generation. Selective pressure is the driving force of natural ...