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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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true-breeding (pure-breeding) strain
Archaeology; Human evolution
A strain allowed to self-fertilize for many generations to ensure that the traits to be studied are inherited and unchanging.
cosmids
Archaeology; Human evolution
Cloning vectors derived from plasmids that are capable of cloning large fragments of DNA. In addition to the features of plasmid cloning vectors (i.e., origin or replication and ...
formal tools
Archaeology; Human evolution
Stone tools made as a result of extra effort in their production. These tools are in contrast toexpediently made tools with little or no effort expended in their production.
lysogeny
Archaeology; Human evolution
The phenomenon of the insertion of a temperate phage chromosome into a bacterial chromosome, where it replicates when the bacterial chromosome replicates. In this state the phage ...
thermoluminescence (TL)
Archaeology; Human evolution
A dating technique that relies indirectly on radioactive decay, overlapping with radiocarbon in the time period for which it is useful, but also has the potential for dating ...
lip
Archaeology; Human evolution
A projection found on the proximal ventral surface of a detached piece below the striking platform. Some researchers believe that a pronounced lip indicates the detached piece was ...
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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)