- Industry: Archaeology
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The hypothesis that quantitative traits are controlled by many genes.
Industry:Archaeology
This technique involves the absorption of water on exposed surfaces of obsidian; when the local hydration rate is known, the thickness of the hydration layer, if accurately measured, can be used to provide an absolute date.
Industry:Archaeology
A genetically controlled character that is phenotypically exhibited in only one of the two sexes.
Industry:Archaeology
A statistic used to calculate the correlation coefficient between two variables. The covariance is calculated by taking the sum of (x - /x)(y - /x) over all pairs of values for the variables x and y, where /x is the mean of the x values and /y is the mean of all y values.
Industry:Archaeology
Chemically identical but anatomically different forms of an element (the number of neutrons are different so the atomic weight differs).
Industry:Archaeology
Species formation, the branching of a single lineage to form two lineages.
Industry:Archaeology
