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• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Evolution
  Origin of Life
  Charles Darwin
   
  

  Multiregional hypothesis

  The multiregional origin hypothesis of human species holds that some, or all, of the genetic variation between the contemporary human races is attributable to genetic inheritance from either Homo ... > more
• Global Warming
  Oceanography
  El Nino and La Nina
  Climate
  Floods
  Geography
   
  

  Sea level

  Mean sea level (MSL) is the average (mean) height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level, however, involves complex measurement, and accurately ... > more
• Global Warming
  Oceanography
  Early Climate
  El Nino and La Nina
  Climate
  Geology
   
  

  Sequence stratigraphy

  Sequence stratigraphy is a relatively new branch of geology that attempts to link prehistoric sea-level changes to sedimentary deposits. The 'sequence' part of the name refers to cyclic sedimentary ... > more
• Forest
  Exotic Species
  Rainforests
  Acid Rain
  Ecology
  Wildfires
   
  

  Petrified wood

  Petrified wood is a type of fossil: it exists of fossil wood where all the organic materials have been replaced with minerals (most often a silicate, such as quartz), while retaining the original ... > more
• Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Anthropology
  Cultures
  Fossils
  Evolution
   
  

  Neanderthal

  The Neanderthal or Neandertal was a species of Homo (Homo (sapiens) neanderthalensis) that inhabited Europe and parts of western Asia from about 230,000 to 29,000 years ago, during the Middle ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Evolution
  Cultures
   
  

  Peking Man

  Peking Man (sometimes now called Beijing Man), also called Sinanthropus pekinensis (currently Homo erectus pekinensis), is an example of Homo erectus. The remains were first discovered in 1923-27 ... > more
• Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Archaeology
  Early Humans
  Cultures
  Ancient Civilizations
   
  

  Human migration

  Human migration denotes any movement by humans from one locality to another, often over long distances or in large groups. Humans are known to have extensively migrated throughout history. This ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Origin of Life
  Cultures
   
  

  Homo erectus

  Homo erectus ("upright man") is a hominin species that is believed to be an ancestor of modern humans (with Homo heidelbergensis usually treated as an intermediary step). The species is found from ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Cultures
  Anthropology
  Lost Treasures
  Human Evolution
   
  

  Minoan civilization

  The Minoans were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, flourishing from approximately 2600 to 1450 BC when their culture was superseded by the Mycenaean culture, which ... > more
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Biochemistry Research
  Genetics
  Ecology Research
   

  Genetic drift

  Genetic drift is the term used in population genetics to refer to the statistical drift over time of gene frequencies in a population due to random sampling effects in the formation of successive ... > more

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