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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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clinal variation
Archaeology; Human evolution
Continuous, gradual variation of a trait. In the context of geographic patterns of a trait's variation, cline gradients are the lines that are perpendicular to the clines and ...
parental-ditype (PD)
Archaeology; Human evolution
One of three types of tetrads possible when two genes are segregating in a cross. The PD tetrad contains four nuclei, all of which are parental genotypes, with two of one parent ...
squamosal suture
Archaeology; Human evolution
Suture between the parietal and temporal bones, in the form of a beveled edge with the temporal overlapping on the outside.
basion (ba)
Archaeology; Human evolution
The point where the anterior border of the foramen magnum crosses the midline.
nucleus
Archaeology; Human evolution
A discrete structure within the cell that is bounded by a nuclear membrane. It contains most of the genetic material of the cell.
mandibular (symphyseal) trigone
Archaeology; Human evolution
An upward facing triangular form at the base on the symphysis.
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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)