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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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wild type
Archaeology; Human evolution
A strain, organism, or gene of the type that is designated as the standard for the organism with respect to genotype and phenotype.
clavicle
Archaeology; Human evolution
Colarbone; the bone connecting the sternum (breastbone) to the scapula (shoulder blade).
sensory area
Archaeology; Human evolution
One of the three areas of the cerebral cortex devoted to reception of information from the body's senses.
expedient tools
Archaeology; Human evolution
Stone tools made with little or no production effort (see informal tools).
chiasma interference (chromosomal interference)
Archaeology; Human evolution
The physical interference caused by the breaking and rejoinng of chromatids that reduces the probability of more than one crossing-over event occurring near another one in one ...
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Archaeology; Human evolution
A detached piece potentially modifiable into a specific tool form.
broad-sense heritability
Archaeology; Human evolution
A quantity representing the proportion of the phenotypic variance that consists of genetic variance.
Sub-categories
- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
- Evolution (16298)
- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)