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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Increase in cranial capacity from Austrolopithecus to early Homo sapiens 2-1.5 MYA | Various | 450-860 | cm^3 | 104617 | Hawks J, Hunley K, Lee SH... |
| Total genome Size | Human Homo sapiens | 3.22e+9 | Base pairs | 111378 | National Center for ... |
| Number of species of parasitic worms and protozoa that humans are host to | Human Homo sapiens | parasitic worms ~300: protozoa >70 | species | 117278 | Cox FE. History of human... |
| Direct sequencing estimates of mutation rate (total, from species divergence) | Human Homo sapiens | 2.5E-08 (Table - link) | mutations/site/generation | 109987 | Kondrashov FA, Kondrashov... |
| Direct sequencing estimates of mutation rate (phenotypic mutations analysis) | Human Homo sapiens | 1.8E-08 (Table - link) | mutations/site/generation | 109988 | Kondrashov FA, Kondrashov... |
| Direct sequencing estimates of mutation rate (direct sequencing of Y chromosome) | Human Homo sapiens | 3E-08 (Table - link) | mutations/site/generation | 109989 | Kondrashov FA, Kondrashov... |
| Number of microRNA genes | Human Homo sapiens | 585 | genes | 114541 | Fromm et al. A Uniform... |
| Auditory frequency (covering ~8-9 octaves) | Human Homo sapiens | ~40 Hz to ~20 kHz | N/A | 117127 | Ashmore J. Cochlear outer... |
| Emergence of Homo erectus | Primates | ~1.8 | Mya | 113752 | Leonard WR, Robertson ML... |
| Human optics | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 107893 | R. W. Rodieck, The first... |
| Number of copies of a U6 snRNA per somatic adult (HeLa) cell | Human Homo sapiens | 100000 | molecules | 101302 | Lim LP, Lau NC, Weinstein EG... |
| Estimate for the average divergence of Neandertal and modern human autosomal DNA sequences | Human Homo sapiens | 8.25e+5 | years | 105416 | Green RE et al, A draft... |
| Separation of human evolutionary lineage from that of rodents and old world monkeys, such as macaques | Mammals | from rodents 90-100: from old world monkeys 25 Table - link | million years ago | 117210 | Rakic P. Evolution of... |
| Osmolality of human blood | Human Homo sapiens | 275-299 | mOsm/kg | 100803 | http://path.upmc.edu... |
| Human genome by functions | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | % | 110341 | Wikipedia, Human genome... |
| Diameter of human hair | Human Homo sapiens | 17 to 181 link | μm | 106856 | The Physics Factbook™... |
| Total number of phosphoproteins and phosphorylation-sites | Human Homo sapiens | phosphoproteins ~12,800: phosphorylation sites ~230,000 Table - link | N/A | 113386 | Vlastaridis P et al.... |
| Difference in total cortical surface area between mice and humans | Human Homo sapiens | 1000 | fold greater surface area in humans | 117212 | Rakic P. Evolution of... |
| Osmolarity of human urine | Human Homo sapiens | 70-1200 | mOsm/l | 100804 | School of biological... |
| Adult human tidal volume | Human Homo sapiens | 500 (300-700) | ml | 116113 | Hofmann, W. “Mathematical... |