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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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chromosome
Archaeology; Evolution
A structure in the cell nucleus that carries DNA. At certain times in the cell cycle, chromosomes are visible as string-like entities. Chromosomes consist of the DNA with various ...
chloroplast
Archaeology; Evolution
A structure (or organelle) found in some cells of plants; its function is photosynthesis.
Homo neanderthalensis
Archaeology; Evolution
A species of hominid that lived between 150,000 and 30,000 years ago in Europe and Western Asia, originally thought to be a geographic variant of Homo sapiens but now generally ...
Homo habilis
Archaeology; Evolution
A species of hominid that lived between 1. 9 and 1. 8 mya, the first species in genus Homo, and the first hominid associated with clear evidence of tool manufacture and use.
Homo erectus
Archaeology; Evolution
A species of hominid that lived between 1. 8 mya and 300,000 years ago; the first Homo species to migrate beyond Africa.
graptolite
Archaeology; Evolution
A small, colonial, often planktonic marine animal that was very abundant in the oceans 300 to 500 million years ago; now extinct.
asteroid
Archaeology; Evolution
A small rocky or metallic body orbitting the Sun. About 20,000 have been observed, ranging in size from several hundred kilometers across down to dust particles.
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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)