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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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erythroblasts

Archaeology; Human evolution

Red blood cell precursors.

polyploidy

Archaeology; Human evolution

The condition of a cell or organism that has more than its normal number of sets of chromosomes.

ventral surface of flake

Archaeology; Human evolution

The smooth surface of a detached piece that contains no previous flake removals excetp sometimes an eraillure flake scar on the bulb of force.

catastrophe theory

Archaeology; Human evolution

A branch of mathematical topology developed by Rene Thom which is concerned with the way in which nonlinear interactions within systems can produce sudden and dramatic effects; it ...

attritional age profile

Archaeology; Human evolution

A mortality pattern based on bone or tooth wear which is characterized by an overrepresentation of young and old animals in relation to their numbers in live populations. It ...

simple random sampling

Archaeology; Human evolution

A type of probabilistic sampling where areas to be sampled are chosen using a table of random numbers. Drawbacks include: (1) defining the site's boudaries beforehand (2) the ...

pair bonding

Archaeology; Human evolution

Forming an intense social connection between monogamous mates.

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