Archaeology

Archaeology

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

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primitive feature

Archaeology; Human evolution

See plesiomorphic.

positional cloning

Archaeology; Human evolution

The isolation of a gene association with a genetic disease on the basis of its approximate chromosomal position.

combinatorial gene regulation

Archaeology; Human evolution

Transcriptional control (i.e., whether a gene is active or inactive) achieved by combining relatively few regulatory proteins (negative and positive) binding to particular DNA ...

gene mutation

Archaeology; Human evolution

A heritable alteration of the genetic material, usually from one allelic form to another.

geomorphology

Archaeology; Human evolution

A subdiscipline of geography, concerned with the study of the form and development of the landscape, it includes such specializations as sedimentology.

deep-sea cores

Archaeology; Human evolution

Cores drilled from the sea bed that provide the most coherent record of climate changes on a worldwide scale. The cores contain shells of microscopic marine organisms ...