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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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informal tools
Archaeology; Human evolution
Stone tools made in a casual manner with only minor design constraints. These tools are often called expediently made tools or tools made for the need of the moment.
maternal effect
Archaeology; Human evolution
The phenotype in an individual that is established by the maternal nuclear genome, as the result of mRNA and/or proteins that are deposited in the oocyte prior to fertilization. ...
bipolar flake
Archaeology; Human evolution
A detached piece formed as a result of compression forces. Bipolar flakes often show signs of impact on opposing ends and have compression rings moving in two directions toward ...
uracil (U)
Archaeology; Human evolution
A pyrimidine base found in RNA but not in DNA. In double-stranded RNA it pairs with adenine.
frontal sinus
Archaeology; Human evolution
An open space found in the frontal bone where the squama meets the top of the orbits.
homozygous recessive
Archaeology; Human evolution
A diploid organism that has the same recessive allele for a given gene locus on both members of a homologous pair of chromosomes.
proportion of polymorphic loci
Archaeology; Human evolution
A ratio calculated by determining the number of polymorphic loci and dividing by the total number of loci examined.
Sub-categories
- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
- Evolution (16298)
- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)