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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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deduction
Archaeology; Human evolution
A process of reasoning by which more specific consequences are inferred by rigorous argument from more general propositions.
ribonuclease (RNase)
Archaeology; Human evolution
An enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of RNA to nucleotides.
selection differential
Archaeology; Human evolution
In natural and artificial selection, the difference between the mean phenotype of the selected parents and the mean phenotype of the unselected population.
signal sequence
Archaeology; Human evolution
The hydrophobic, amino terminal extension found on proteins that are secreted from a cell. The amino terminus (extension) is removed and degraded in the cisternal space of the ...
diagonal parallel flaking
Archaeology; Human evolution
This is similar to parallel flaking except that the flakes are removed at an oblique angle to the objective piece edge.
restriction map
Archaeology; Human evolution
A genetic map of DNA showing the relative positions of restriction enzyme cleavage sites.
Sub-categories
- Archaeobotany (69)
- Archaeology tools (308)
- Artifacts (109)
- Dig sites (82)
- Evolution (16298)
- General archaeology (5791)
- Human evolution (26719)
- Palaeoethnobotany (26)
- Zooarchaeology (28)