#human evolution

• Abbevillian / Abbevillian industry — Pertaining to the Abbevillian industry, an early stage of the Lower Paleolithic period in Europe characterized by crude bifacial hand axes. In medical and evolutionary anthropology, it is referenced when studying the biomechanical evolution of the homonid hand, cranial expansion, and early cognitive motor skills.
• Anthropogenesis — The long and complex historical and biological process of the emergence, formation, and development of the human species, starting from the first hominid primates up to modern man (Homo sapiens). This scientific discipline studies the laws of human emergence, the correlations between biological (hominization) and socio-cultural (humanization) evolution, drawing on paleoanthropological, archaeological, and genetic evidence.
• Anthropogeny — A branch of anthropology and evolutionary biology dealing specifically with the study of the origin, emergence, and development of the human species; a synonymous variant for anthropogenesis. The term denotes the system of scientific theories and field research aimed at reconstructing humanity's family tree through osteological and genetic evidence.
• Anthropological — Pertaining to anthropology, relating to the comprehensive study of human beings, culture, evolution, anatomy, or human societies; characteristic of field research focused on the behavior, traditions, and biological traits of our species.
• Anthropology — The science dealing with the comprehensive, global, and comparative study of man as a biological, cultural, and social entity. This academic discipline is divided into several fundamental branches, such as physical anthropology (anatomy, genetics, evolution), cultural and social anthropology (customs, kinship structures, myths), and linguistic anthropology.
• Anthropomorphids — A rare taxonomic or systematic name, historically used in primate classification to denote the family or extended group of higher anthropomorphic apes that present the closest structural, skeletal, and genetic similarities to humans. The study of these fossils and living specimens helps clarify the intermediate links in the hominid evolutionary tree.
• Anthropopithecus — An archaic or historical scientific name given to a hypothetical genus of transitional fossil primates, considered linking bridges between higher apes and humans; ape-man. In the 19th century, the term was used by paleontologists to classify fossils presenting a structural mixture of simian and hominid traits, prior to the establishment of modern Homo and Australopithecus taxonomies.
• Anthroposomatology — A specialized branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study of the structure, form, proportions, and variability of the human body in relation to evolutionary, hereditary, and environmental factors. This field analyzes the correlations between somatic parameters and various bio-physiological or ethnic aspects of populations, providing essential data for understanding the morphological variability of the human species.
• Anthropozoiic — Belonging to or characteristic of the current geological era, decisively marked by the appearance, evolution, and global expansion of the human species; a geological period of time (often referred to as the Quaternary) in which anthropogenic activities have become a major factor in transforming the Earth's relief, biosphere, and climate.