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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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epimerization

Archaeology; Human evolution

Racemization of the protein amino acid that occurs in eggshells.

polyribosome (polysome)

Archaeology; Human evolution

The complex between an mRNA molecule and all the ribosomes that are translating it simultaneously.

complete recessiveness

Archaeology; Human evolution

The situation in which an allele is phenotypically expressed only when it is homozygous.

eminence

Archaeology; Human evolution

A bony projection.

taxon

Archaeology; Human evolution

A monophyletic group of organisms recognized as a formal unit, at any level of a hierarchic classification.

purine

Archaeology; Human evolution

A type of nitrogenous base. In DNA and RNA the purines are adenine and guanine.

hermaphroditic

Archaeology; Human evolution

For animals (e.g., nematode), the species in which each individual has both testes and ovaries; in plants, the species that have both stamens and pistils on the same flower.

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