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  Chichen Itza

  Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization, located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, present-day Mexico. From roughly 600 CE in ... > more
• Tsunamis
  Natural Disasters
  Albert Einstein
  Quantum Physics
  Earthquakes
  Optics
   
  

  Seismic wave

  A seismic wave is a wave that travels through the Earth, most often as the result of a tectonic earthquake, sometimes from an explosion. There are two types of seismic wave, namely, 'body wave' and ... > more
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  Origin of Life
   
  

  Maya civilization

  The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its spectacular art, monumental architecture, ... > more
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  Ancient Civilizations
  Construction
  Engineering and Construction
  Civil Engineering
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  Crane (machine)

  A crane is a tower or derrick equipped with cables and pulleys that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to shift them horizontally. Cranes are commonly employed in the construction ... > more
• Genes
  Human Biology
  Genetics
  Biochemistry Research
  Gene Therapy
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  Gene

  A gene is a locatable region of genomic sequence, corresponding to a unit of inheritance, which is associated with regulatory regions, transcribed regions and/or other functional sequence regions. ... > more
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Biochemistry Research
  Genetics
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  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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  Mummy

  A mummy is a corpse whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold or dryness, or airlessness. The best-known mummies are those ... > more
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  Volcanoes
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  Pompeii

  Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompei. It was destroyed during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount ... > more
• Archaeology
  Ancient Civilizations
  Cultures
  Early Climate
  Anthropology
  Lost Treasures
   
  

  Bronze Age

  The Bronze Age is a period in a civilization's development when the most advanced metalworking consisted of techniques for smelting copper and tin from naturally occurring outcroppings of ore, and ... > more
• Anthropology
  Cultures
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Evolution
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  Anthropology

  Anthropology is the study of humanity. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences. Since the work of Franz Boas and Bronisław Malinowski in the ... > more

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