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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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Cross-pollination
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The mating of two genetically different plants of the same species. Usually, the term is used in reference to the crossing of two pure breeding (homozygous) plants.
Binomial nomenclature
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The Linnaean classification system use of two Latin name categories, genus and species, to designate each type of organism. A genus is a higher level category that includes one or more species under ...
Atomic mass
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The mass number of one atom of an isotope (e.g., carbon-14). It is the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of one atom. See atomic number.
Pollen
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The male sex spores of flowering plants. Pollen particles are usually nearly invisible, except in large concentrations, due to their extremely small size. They can survive for hundreds of thousands ...
Balanced polymorphism
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The maintenance of two or more alleles for a trait in a population at a more or less constant frequency ratio due to the selective advantage of heterozygotes. See polymorphism.
Binomen
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The Linnaean classification system use of two Latin name categories, genus and species, to designate each type of organism. A genus is a higher level category that includes one or more species under ...
Bering plain
Anthropology; Physical anthropology
The intercontinental land connexion appeared between Siberia and Alaska that appeared at least twice during the last ice age as a result of sea levels dropping more than 300 feet.
