multiregional evolution model
the hypothesis that modern humans evolved throughout the Old World
mutation
a mechanism for evolutionary change resulting from a random change
natural selection
a mechanism for evolutionary change favoring the survival and reproduction
nonconcordance
the tendency of some human traits to vary independently, often
nonrandom mating
deliberate patterns of mate choice that influence the distributions of
phenotype
the observable or detectable characteristics of an individual organism. A
philology
the comparative study of human speech and literature, especially those
physical anthropology
the study of the non-cultural, or biological, aspects of humans
physiology
referring to the organic or bodily processes of an organism.
polygenic
affected by two or more loci. See complex trait.
