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  2. List of first human settlements - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of dates associated with the prehistoric peopling of the world (first known presence of Homo sapiens). The list is divided into four categories, Middle Paleolithic (before 50,000 years ago), Upper Paleolithic (50,000 to 12,500 years ago), Holocene (12,500 to 500 years ago) and Modern ( Age of Sail and modern exploration).

  3. Evidence of common descent - Wikipedia

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    The examples described below represent different modes of speciation and provide strong evidence for common descent. Not all speciation research directly observes divergence from "start-to-finish". This is by virtue of research delimitation and definition ambiguity, and occasionally leads research towards historical reconstructions.

  4. List of fossil sites - Wikipedia

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    This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils.Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there.

  5. Trace fossil - Wikipedia

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    The trackway Protichnites from the Cambrian, Blackberry Hill, central Wisconsin. A trace fossil, also known as an ichnofossil (/ ˈ ɪ k n oʊ f ɒ s ɪ l /; from Greek: ἴχνος ikhnos "trace, track"), is a fossil record of biological activity by lifeforms but not the preserved remains of the organism itself. [1]

  6. List of Indus Valley Civilisation sites - Wikipedia

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    Earliest evidence of garlic. [21] Several plant remains were found here include various types of barley, wheat, rice, horse gram, green gram, various types of a pea, sesamum, melon, watermelon, grapes, dates, garlic, etc. (Saraswat and Pokharia - 2001-2) [ 19 ] which is comparable to a nearby IVC site Kunal, Haryana revealed remains of rice ...

  7. List of archaeological sites by country - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable archaeological sites sorted by country and territories. Afghanistan. Aï Khānum; Bagram; Buddhas of Bamiyan; Hadda; Haji Piyada mosque in ...

  8. Physical geography - Wikipedia

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    The use of these data has resulted in evidence for continental drift, plate tectonics, and supercontinents. This, in turn, has supported palaeogeographic theories such as the Wilson cycle . Coastal geography is the study of the dynamic interface between the ocean and the land, incorporating both the physical geography (i.e. coastal ...

  9. Prehistoric archaeology - Wikipedia

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    The variety of theories regarding the purpose of objects or sites for example obliges archaeologists to adopt a critical approach to all evidence and to examine their own constructs of the past. Structural functionalism and processualism are two schools of archaeological thought which have made a great contribution to prehistoric archaeology ...