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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thalassemia

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A group of genetically inherited forms of anemia caused by the production of fragile hemoglobin molecules that are easily destroyed. Thalassemia is most common around the Mediterranean Basin and in ...

nondisjunction errors

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A mechanical error that can occur during meiosis and mitosis. Specifically, members of a pair of homologous chromosomes move to the same pole rather than opposite poles. In meiosis, this can result ...

anemia

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A medical condition characterized by fatigue, weakness, poor appetite, weight loss, and paleness or a yellowish tinge to the skin and eyes resulting from a deficiency of red blood cells or ...

primitive trait

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A biological trait that has not changed over time from the ancestral form and/or function that was present in the species from which it came. See cladistics.

fission track dating

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A radiometric dating method based on the fact that when trace amounts of uranium-238 fission there is a release of highly energy-charged alpha particles which burn narrow fission tracks, or damage ...

uranium series dating

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A group of dating techniques based on measurement of the radioactivity of short-lived daughter isotopes of uranium.

genetic bottlenecking

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A dramatic reduction in genetic diversity of a population or species resulting from an ecological crisis that wipes out most of its members. The limited genetic diversity of the few survivors is the ...