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Physical anthropology
The branch of anthropology that studies the development of the human race in the context of other primate species.
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Replication of DNA
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The process that occurs during the rest period (interphase) at the outset of mitosis and meiosis by which a DNA molecule is duplicated or copied. One DNA molecule becomes two identical ones. This is ...
Biopsy
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The process of removing a tissue sample from a living organism for diagnostic examination (e.g., chorionic villi sampling).
Tree-ring dating
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The study of annual growth-rings of trees, usually for the purpose of chronometric dating logs found in association with relatively recent archaeological sites. Tree-ring sequences also are used as ...
Gloger's Rule
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
Within the same species of warm-blooded animals, there is a tendency for darker, more heavily pigmented skin to occur in animals near the equator and lighter pigmented skin farther from it. This is ...
Bergmann's Rule
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
Within the same species of warm-blooded animals, individuals from populations living in colder environments usually have greater body mass than do those from populations in warmer areas. This is ...
Apparent temperature
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
What the air temperature actually feels like to people. This varies with the relative humidity of the air. The higher the relative humidity, the higher the apparent temperature is even if the air ...
Calibrated relative dating
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
Use of a relative dating method that measures somewhat irregular occurring natural phenomena that have been cross-dated with at least one chronometric technique so that the dates are somewhat ...
