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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...