In dictionaries:
most recent
recent changes
Alterations made in near past.
recent memory
recent epoch
Current geological period; Holocene epoch.
of recent origin
in recent memory
Recent African origin of modern humans
In paleoanthropology, the recent African origin of modern humans or the "Out of Africa" theory is the most widely accepted model of the geographic origin and early migration of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens).
Most recent common ancestor
In biology and genetic genealogy, the most recent common ancestor, also known as the last common ancestor, of a set of organisms is the most recent individual from which all the organisms of the set are descended.
Recent human evolution
Recent human evolution refers to evolutionary adaptation, sexual and natural selection, and genetic drift within Homo sapiens populations, since their separation and dispersal in the Middle Paleolithic about 50,000 years ago.
Recent Songs
the sixth studio album by Leonard Cohen, released in 1979.
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