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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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holism
Archaeology; Human evolution
Theoretical approach which, when applied ot human societies, sees changes as the product of large-scale environmental, economic, and social forces with the assumption that what ...
scraper
Archaeology; Human evolution
A generalized term used to describe a flake tool that has a retouched edge angle of approximately 60º to 90º.
telophase
Archaeology; Human evolution
A stage during which the migration of the daughter chromosomes to the two poles is completed.
nucleoid
Archaeology; Human evolution
Central region in a bacterial cell in which the chromosome is compacted.
peripatric speciation
Archaeology; Human evolution
Speciation at the periphery, through the modification of a peripherally isolated founder population.
piriform aperture
Archaeology; Human evolution
The pear-shaped nasal opening of the skull; anterior nasal aperture.
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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)