- Branche: Archaeology
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A method of formal analysis in which the object of study is viewed as comprising distinct analytical sub-units. Thus in archaeology, it comprises a form of explanation in which a society or culture is seen through the interaction and interdependence of its component parts; these are referred to as system parameters, and may include such things as population size, settlement pattern, crop production, technology, etc.
Industry:Archaeology
A theory that many of the cranial and post-cranial adaptations found in primates are actually exaptations for life in the trees.
Industry:Archaeology
The bringing together of novel combinations of genes by the process of meiosis and crossover during sexual reproduction. See genetic recombination.
Industry:Archaeology
The science of the diversity of organisms and their relationships and classification.
Industry:Archaeology
1) Turning inward, for example, of the sole of the foot 2) A chromosomal mutation that results when a segment of a chromosome is excised and then reintegrated in an orientation 180º from the original orientation.
Industry:Archaeology
A method of protein analysis whereby it is possible to identify protein molecules surviving in fossils which are thousands and even millions of years old.
Industry:Archaeology
A thickened bony prominence extending transversely across some or all of the back of the head, on the occipital bone, reflecting the pattern of muscle use as it separates the nuchal plane below from the occipital plane above.
Industry:Archaeology
