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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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ecological species concept
Archaeology; Evolution
A concept of species, according to which a species is a set of organisms adapted to a particular, discrete set of resources (or "niche") in the environment. Compare with ...
cline
Archaeology; Evolution
A geographic gradient in the frequency of a gene, or in the average value of a character.
marsupial mammals
Archaeology; Evolution
A group (specifically, an order) of mammals whose females give birth to young at a very early stage of development. These newborns complete their development while sucking in a ...
ecosystem
Archaeology; Evolution
A community of organisms interacting with a particular environment.
postzygotic isolation
Archaeology; Evolution
A form of reproductive isolation in which a zygote is successfully formed but then either fails to develop or develops into a sterile adult. Donkeys and horses are postzygotically ...
land bridge
Archaeology; Evolution
A connection between two land masses, especially continents (e.g., the Bering land bridge linking Alaska and Siberia across the Bering Strait) that allows migration of plants and ...
phenetic species concept
Archaeology; Evolution
A concept of species according to which a species is a set of organisms that are phenotypically similar to one another. Compare with biological species concept, cladistic species ...
Sub-categories
- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
- Evolution (16298)
- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)