- Branche: Archaeology
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Evolutionary process involving differential survival and reproduction of competing groups.
Industry:Archaeology
A form of probabilistic sampling in which the region or site is divided inot natural zones or strata such as cultivated land and forest; units are then chosen by a random number procedure so as to give each zone a number of squares proportional to its area, thus overcoming the inherent bias in simple random sampling.
Industry:Archaeology
A soft, bone-like tissue covering tooth roots that anchors them to the ligament covering the alveolar bone.
Industry:Archaeology
Muscle extending from the lateral surface of the ilium to the greater trochanter of the femur, causing abduction at the hip.
Industry:Archaeology
Small prominence on the cranial midline at or near bregma.
Industry:Archaeology
The observation that there is a sequence of anatomical features, often found together, spanning the time from earlier to later populations in a geographic region, that seems to reflect some degree of ancestral-descendent relationship.
Industry:Archaeology
