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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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derived homology
Archaeology; Evolution
Homology that first evolved in the common ancestor of a set of species and is unique to those species. Compare with ancestral homology.
homeobox genes
Archaeology; Evolution
Homeobox genes are genes that contain "homeoboxes", and can regulate the expression of other genes. There are at least 24 homeobox genes, some but not all of which are also ...
Lamarckian inheritance
Archaeology; Evolution
Historically misleading synonym for inheritance of acquired characteristics.
inheritance of acquired characters
Archaeology; Evolution
Historically influential but factually erroneous theory that an individual inherits characters that its parents acquired during their lifetimes.
nomadic
Archaeology; Evolution
Having to do with nomads, people who live in no fixed place but move in search of food or grazing land for their animals; of a wandering lifestyle.
diploid
Archaeology; Evolution
Having two sets of genes and two sets of chromosomes (one from the mother, one from the father). Many common species, including humans, are diploid. Compare with haploid and ...
heterozygous
Archaeology; Evolution
Having two different alleles for a particular trait. See also heterozygote.
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- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
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- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)