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

protocultural

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Referring to a very rudimentary culture. Chimpanzees and possibly other great apes as well as our fossil ancestors 3-4 million years ago are said to have such a protoculture. While they are dependent ...

amniote

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Referring to an egg with a hard shell and protective membranes that prevent the embryo from rapidly drying out. Reptiles, birds, and prototherian mammals lay amniote eggs.

sacculated

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Referring to a stomach with "saccules," or sack-like compartments, in which bacteria slowly break down cellulose, thereby providing more useable calories. Among the primates, only the Colobinae ...

X-linked

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Referring to a gene that is carried by an X chromosome. See sex-linked gene.

sex-linked

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Referring to a gene that is part of a sex chromosome. Since all of the genes on a chromosome are inherited as a package, they are essentially linked together.