- Industry: Archaeology
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Behavior that benefits another individual at a cost to the actor, where cost and benefit are defined in terms of reproductive success.
Industry:Archaeology
(1) A complete or incomplete specimen which serves as the base for the name of a taxon; (2) a single individual used to epitomize a sample.
Industry:Archaeology
A term used to describe a social formation defined by distinct territorial boundedness, and characterized by strong central government in which the operation fo political power is sanctioned by legitimate force. In cultural evolutionist models, it ranks second only to the empire as the most complex societal development state.
Industry:Archaeology
The reproduction involving the fusion of haploid gametes produced by meiosis.
Industry:Archaeology
Most superior of the cervical vertebrae, supporting the cranial articulation.
Industry:Archaeology
