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Archaeology
The scientific study of physical remains, whether monuments, artifacts or relics of past human life, cultures or activities.
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Archaeology > Evolution 
Charles Lyell
Archaeology; Evolution
A 19th-century scientist considered a father of modern geology. Lyell proposed that the geology of Earth is shaped by gradual processes, such as erosion and sedimentation. Lyell's ...
Amy Parish
Archaeology; Evolution
A biological anthropologist and primatologist whose research focuses on the social behavior of bonobos ("pygmy chimpanzees," or Pan paniscus). In addition to comparative work with ...
Marion Petrie
Archaeology; Evolution
A behavioral ecologist at the University of Newcastle in the U. K. , Dr. Petrie's research interests include the links between sexual selection and speciation, and how males and ...
Richard Owen
Archaeology; Evolution
A 19th-century British comparative anatomist, who coined the word "dinosaur" to describe a breed of large, extinct reptiles. He was the first to propose that dinosaurs were a ...
neo-Darwinism
Archaeology; Evolution
(1) Darwin's theory of natural selection plus Mendelian inheritance. (2) The larger body of evolutionary thought that was inspired by the unification of natural selection and ...
Stephen J. O'Brien
Archaeology; Evolution
A geneticist at the National Cancer Institute whose research interests include the evolutionary history of the immunological response in mammals to retroviruses like HIV. With his ...
Sub-categories
- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
- Evolution (16298)
- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)