Archaeology

Archaeology

The scientific study of physical remains, whether monuments, artifacts or relics of past human life, cultures or activities.

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petrous pyramid

Archaeology; Human evolution

The petrous portion of the temporal bone is the pyramid-shaped process that extends across the cranial base, housing the internal ear.

monohybrid cross

Archaeology; Human evolution

A cross between two individuals that are both heterozygous for the same pair of alleles (e.g., Aa x Aa). By extension, the term also refers to crosses involving the purebreeding ...

genetic recombination

Archaeology; Human evolution

A process by which parents with different genetic characters give rise to progeny so that genes in which the parents differed are associated in new combinations. For example, from ...

nuclease

Archaeology; Human evolution

An enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of a nucleic acid by breaking phosphodiester bonds. Nucleases specific for DNA are termed deoxyribonucleases (DNases), and nucleases ...