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Human evolution
Otherwise known as anthropogeny; anything of or relating to the study of the origin and evolution of Homo sapiens as a distinct species from other hominids, great apes and placental mammals.
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lacustrine
Archaeology; Human evolution
Deposits laid down in relatively still-water lakes, pertaining to a lake.
relationship systems
Archaeology; Human evolution
term used by Needham and other proponents of the "category" approach to kinship terms to denote "kinship" terminologies.
competitive exclusion
Archaeology; Human evolution
The principle that no two species can coexist in the same locality if they rely on the same limiting resources.
transposase
Archaeology; Human evolution
A enzyme encoded by the IS element of a transposon that calalyzes transposition activity of a transposable element.
hammerstone
Archaeology; Human evolution
A rock used as a percussor to detach flakes from an objective piece. These usually show signs of impact damage such as crushed edges.
environmental variance (VE)
Archaeology; Human evolution
Any nongenetic source of phenotypic variation among individuals.
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