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Evolution
Of or pertaining to the change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations, as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals, and resulting in the development of new species.
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phenetic classification
Archaeology; Evolution
A method of classification in which species are grouped together with other species that they most closely resemble phenotypically.
sponge
Archaeology; Evolution
A member of the phylum Porifera, marine and freshwater invertebrates that live permanently attached to rocks or other surfaces. The body of a sponge is hollow and consists basically of an aggregation ...
chordate
Archaeology; Evolution
A member of the phylum Chordata, which includes the tunicates, lancelets, and vertebrates. They are animals with a hollow dorsal nerve cord; a rodlike notochord that forms the basis of the internal ...
anthropoid
Archaeology; Evolution
A member of the group of primates made up of monkeys, apes, and humans.
tetrapod
Archaeology; Evolution
A member of the group made up of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
vitamin A
Archaeology; Evolution
A member of a chemically heterogeneous class of organic compounds that are essential, in small quantities, for life.
carbon isotope ratio
Archaeology; Evolution
A measure of the proportion of the carbon-14 isotope to the carbon-12 isotope. Living material contains carbon-14 and carbon-12 in the same proportions as exists in the atmosphere. When an organism ...