- Branche: Archaeology
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A 180-bp consenus sequence found in the protein-coding sequences of genes that regulate development.
Industry:Archaeology
A method of relative dating based on observing the evolutionary changes in particular species of mammals,so as to form a rough chronological sequence.
Industry:Archaeology
A thickened ridge or shelf of bone above the orbits at the base of the forehead, continuously, although not necessarily evenly, developed from the middle of the cranium to each side.
Industry:Archaeology
Explanation of culture change, e.g. the origin of the state, which, in contrast to monocausal approaches, stresses the interaction of several factors operating simultaneously.
Industry:Archaeology
Populations that live by hunting (and often scavenging dead) animals, gathering plant foods, insects and other small and relatively sedentary animals, and sharing the fruits of these planned economic activities.
Industry:Archaeology
The bundle of neurons that connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres.
Industry:Archaeology
A 5-carbon sugar that, along with a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group, is one of the three parts of a nucleotide, the building block of RNA and DNA.
Industry:Archaeology
A method of relative dating pioneered by Flinders Petrie in the 19th century, in which artifacts are arranged according to the frequencies of their co-occurrence in specific contexts.
Industry:Archaeology
A thickening of bone passing sagittally down the frontal squama from its top (posterior), forpart, most, or all of the squama's length.
Industry:Archaeology
