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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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Pressure flaking
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
A tool making technique developed in the Upper palaeolithic as a further refinement in shaping brittle-flaking rock artifacts. After preliminary shaping by percussion flaking, they often finished a ...
Core tool
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
A tool made from a relatively large block of rock rather than from the flakes that are removed from it by percussion flaking in the manufacturing process. Most hand axes are core tools.
Universal time scale
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
A time scale, or calendar, that can be used any place in the world since it has a finite beginning point from which any earlier or later event can be related exactly. All chronometric dates are given ...
Agonistic display
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
A threatening gesture, stare, pose, or display intended to intimidate others.
Symbol
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
A thing, such as a word, that can represent something else that is not here and now. The meaning of a symbol is arbitrary and is given by those who use it. Human languages are systems of symbols.
Artefact
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
A thing that is intentionally made according to a cultural pattern or inadvertently modified as a result of culturally patterned behavior. artefacts are usually relatively portable objects such as ...
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
A type of nucleic acid that is found in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm of cells. Unlike DNA, RNA is single stranded. Messenger RNA (mRNA) carries the genetic code from the DNA in the chromosomes ...
