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• Early Mammals
  Paleontology
  Fossils
  Early Climate
  Origin of Life
  Human Evolution
   
  

  Mammoth

  A mammoth is any of a number of an extinct genus of elephant, often with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair. They lived during the Pleistocene epoch from 1.6 million ... > more
• Cultures
  Human Evolution
  Archaeology
  Anthropology
  Ancient Civilizations
  Early Humans
   
  

  Indigenous peoples of the Americas

  The term indigenous peoples of the Americas encompasses the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European explorers in the 15th century, as well as many present-day ethnic groups who ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Origin of Life
  Evolution
  Nature
  Evolutionary Biology
   
  

  Timeline of evolution

  This timeline of the evolution of life outlines the major events in the development of life on the planet Earth. Dates given are estimates based on scientific evidence. In biology, evolution is the ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Evolution
  Cultures
   

  Homo heidelbergensis

  Homo heidelbergensis ("Heidelberg Man") is an extinct, potentially distinct species of the genus Homo and may be the direct ancestor of Homo neanderthalensis in Europe. According to the "Recent Out ... > more
• Human Evolution
  Evolution
  Early Humans
  Cultures
  Anthropology
  Origin of Life
   

  The Genographic Project

  The Genographic Project, launched in April 2005, is a five-year genetic anthropology study that aims to map historical human migration patterns by collecting and analyzing DNA samples from over ... > more
• Inorganic Chemistry
  Chemistry
  Sports Science
  Physics
  Materials Science
  Nature of Water
   
  

  Iridium

  Iridium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ir and atomic number 77. A dense, very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum family, iridium is used in ... > more
• Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Origin of Life
  Evolution
   
  

  Homo antecessor

  Homo antecessor is an extinct hominin species that was discovered by E. Carbonell, J.L. Arsuaga and J.M. Bermudez de Castro. They are one of the earliest known hominins in Europe, with those from the ... > more
• Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Genetics
  Biotechnology
  Biochemistry Research
  Life Sciences
   
  

  Structural alignment

  Structural alignment is a form of sequence alignment based on comparison of shape. These alignments attempt to establish equivalences between two or more polymer structures based on their shape and ... > more
• Fossils
  Paleontology
  Dinosaurs
  Early Climate
  Early Mammals
  Ecology
   
  

  Trace fossil

  Trace fossils are those details preserved in rocks that are indirect evidence of life. While we are most familiar with relatively spectacular fossil hard part remains such as shells and bones, trace ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Weapons Technology
  Sports Science
  Archaeology
  Anthropology
  Aviation
   
  

  Catapult

  Catapults are siege engines using an arm to hurl a projectile a great distance. Any machine that hurls an object can be considered a catapult, but the term is generally understood to mean medieval ... > more

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