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A relationship defined by connection to an ancestor/ancestress through a culturally recognized sequence of parent-child links.
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A subset of geomorphology concerned with the investigation of the structure and texture of sediments, i.e., the global term for material deposited on the earth's surface.
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Defines a species as a reproductively isolated aggregate of populations which can actually or potentially inetrbreed and produce fertile offspring. The concept focuses on the importance of reproductive isolation and the anatomical and behavioral mechanisms that create it.
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See principle of segregation (first law).
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The principle method of data acquisition in archaeology, involving the systematic uncovering of archaeological remains through the removal of the deposits of soil and the other material covering them and accompanying them.
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Any genetically controlled phenotypic difference used in genetic analysis, particularly in the detection of genetic recombination events.
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A system whereby two sets of social groups or chategories exist in the same society, one based on patrilineal descent and the other on matrilineal descent.
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A rock composed of the by-products of other rocks that have been eroded or dissolved. Examples of sedimentary rocks are sandstone, mudstone, halite, and chert.
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Any naturally formed, firm and coherent aggregate or mass of mineral matter that constitutes part of the Earth's crest.
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Long bone of the thigh or upper leg.
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