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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

The discipline involves surveying, excavation, and eventually analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Read more...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wow. So men and women are so distinct that you can even differentiate between them by their fingerprints?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

That surprised me too.

[โ€“] QuarterSwede 4 points 1 week ago

That is so cool!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

For anyone else wondering:

Female fingerprints typically contain more densely packed ridges than male prints in the same area. These measurements were then compared against ridge density patterns found in contemporary Egyptian populations. ... The sex could not be determined for children.