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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consanguineous mating

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

The mating of closely related individuals, such as brothers, sisters, or cousins. This is an extreme form of positive assortative mating.

The Linnaean classification system use of two Latin name categories, genus and species, to designate each type of organism. A genus is a higher level category that includes one or more species under ...

atomic mass

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

The mass number of one atom of an isotope (e.g., carbon-14). It is the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of one atom. See atomic number.

pollen

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

The male sex spores of flowering plants. Pollen particles are usually nearly invisible, except in large concentrations, due to their extremely small size. They can survive for hundreds of thousands ...

balanced polymorphism

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

The maintenance of two or more alleles for a trait in a population at a more or less constant frequency ratio due to the selective advantage of heterozygotes. See polymorphism.

binomen

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

bering plain

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

The intercontinental land connection appeared between Siberia and Alaska that appeared at least twice during the last ice age as a result of sea levels dropping more than 300 feet.