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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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Archaeology > Human evolution 
cladogenesis
Archaeology; Human evolution
Species formation, the branching of a single lineage to form two lineages.
gene frequency
Archaeology; Human evolution
The percentage or proportion of a given allele in a sample.
chopper
Archaeology; Human evolution
A stone made by taking a few flakes off a pebble or rock fragment, to produce a sharp cutting edge.
cladistics (cladism)
Archaeology; Human evolution
Classification reflecting genealogy (recency of common descent) by means of shared derived characters; also called phylogenetic systematics.
protein
Archaeology; Human evolution
One of a group of high-molecular weight, nitrogen-containing organic compounds of complex shape and composition.
diploe
Archaeology; Human evolution
Spongy bone that is sandwiched between inner and outer cortical bone tables.
Sub-categories
- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
- Evolution (16298)
- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)