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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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paleontologist
Archaeology; Evolution
A scientist who studies fossils to better understand life in prehistoric times.
prezygotic isolation
Archaeology; Evolution
A form of reproductive isolation in which the two species never reach the stage of successful mating, and thus no zygote is formed. Examples would be species that have different ...
protozoa
Archaeology; Evolution
A group of unicellular, usually microscopic, organisms now classified in various phyla of the kingdom Protoctista. They were formerly regarded either as a phylum of simple animals ...
conodont
Archaeology; Evolution
A jawless fish that had tiny, tooth-like phosphate pieces that are abundant in the fossil record, these were the earliest known vertebrates.
australopithecine
Archaeology; Evolution
A group of bipedal hominid species belonging to the genus Australopithecus that lived between 4. 2 and 1. 4 mya.
cladogram
Archaeology; Evolution
A branching diagram that illustrates hypotheses about the evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms. Cladograms can be considered as a special type of phylogenetic tree ...
notochord
Archaeology; Evolution
A flexible skeletal rod running the length of the body in the embryos of the chordates (including the vertebrates). In some simpler types, such as sea-squirts, only the ...
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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)