Life expectancy

Average number of years that individuals are expected to live depending on where and when they are born and spend their lives. May be derived on national, regional or local scale.

life expectancy

Financial services; General Finance

The length of time that an average person is expected to live, which is used by insurance companies use to make projections of benefit payouts.

life expectancies

Medical; Health care; Medicine

Based on known statistical data, the number of years which any person of a given age may reasonably expected to live.

amino-acid racemization

Archaeology; General archaeology

A method used in the dating of both human and animal bones. Its special significance is that with a small sample (10g) it can be applied to material up to 100,000 years old or ...

uranium series dating

Archaeology; General archaeology

A dating method based on the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium. It has proved particularly useful for the period before 50,000 years ago, which lies outside the time range ...

light-table

Archaeology; General archaeology

A glass-topped table illuminated from underneath, used in the laboratory photography of archaeological specimens.

biface

Archaeology; General archaeology

A stone artifact flaked on both faces.

ethnology

Archaeology; General archaeology

A subset of cultural anthropology concerned with the comparative study of contemporary cultures, with a view to deriving general principles about human society.