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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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microevolution
Archaeology; Evolution
Evolutionary changes on the small scale, such as changes in gene frequencies within a population.
ammonoid
Archaeology; Evolution
Extinct relatives of cephalopods (squid, octopi, and chambered nautiluses), these mollusks had coiled shells and are found in the fossil record of the Cretaceous period.
cladists
Archaeology; Evolution
Evolutionary biologists who seek to classify Earth's life forms according to their evolutionary relationships, not just overall similarity.
Darwinian evolution
Archaeology; Evolution
Evolution by the process of natural selection acting on random variation.
selective pressures
Archaeology; Evolution
Environmental forces such as scarcity of food or extreme temperatures that result in the survival of only certain organisms with characteristics that provide resistance.
coevolution
Archaeology; Evolution
Evolution in two or more species, such as predator and its prey or a parasite and its host, in which evolutionary changes in one species influence the evolution of the other ...
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- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
- Evolution (16298)
- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)