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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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proband

Archaeology; Human evolution

in human genetics, an affected person, with whom the study of a character in a family begins.

sporophyte

Archaeology; Human evolution

The haploid, asexual generation in the life cycle of plants that produces haploid spores by meiosis.

enamel

Archaeology; Human evolution

The very hard, prismatically structured outer surface of a tooth crown.

regulated gene

Archaeology; Human evolution

A gene whose activity is controlled in response to the needs of a cell or organism.

transitional mutation

Archaeology; Human evolution

A specific type of base-pair substitution mutation that involves a change in the DNA from one purine-pyrimidine base pair to the other purine-pyrimidine base pair at a particular ...

karstic caves

Archaeology; Human evolution

Caves formed in limestone by the action of water.