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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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lemur
Archaeology; Evolution
A small, tree-dwelling primate that belongs to the group called prosimians.
malaria
Archaeology; Evolution
A sometimes-fatal disease transferred to humans by mosquitoes, infecting the bloodstream.
meiosis
Archaeology; Evolution
A special kind of cell division that occurs during the reproduction of diploid organisms to produce the gametes. The double set of genes and chromosomes of the normal diploid ...
subduction zone
Archaeology; Evolution
A zone where rocks of an oceanic plate are forced to plunge below much thicker continental crust, along margins between adjoining plates. As the plate descends it melts and is ...
Stephen Emlen
Archaeology; Evolution
A world authority on the social behavior of animals, particularly birds. Emlen's interests center on evolutionary or adaptive aspects of animal behavior. The goal of his research ...
theory
Archaeology; Evolution
A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that typically incorporates many confirmed obserations, laws, and successfully verified hypotheses.
science
Archaeology; Evolution
A way of knowing about the natural world based on observations and experiments that can be confirmed or disproved by other scientists using accepted scientific techniques.
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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)