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Founded in 1946, Palomar College is a public two-year community college in the city of San Marcos, located in north San Diego County, California. Palomar offers over 300 associate degree, certificate programs and is designated by the U.S. Department of Education as an Hispanic-Serving Institution ...
Changes in the body in response to environmental stresses such as high or low temperatures, intense ultraviolet radiation from sun light, or high altitude. The anatomical and physiological changes made in acclimatization are usually reversible.
Industry:Anthropology
Carefully picking through hair looking for insects, twigs, and other debris. See allogrooming and autogrooming.
Industry:Anthropology
Breaks in the original stratigraphic sequence of a geological deposit. Understanding all of the unconformities in an area is a prerequisite for using stratigraphy for relative dating purposes.
Industry:Anthropology
Being awake and active when it is dark but sleeping during the day. See diurnal.
Industry:Anthropology
Being awake and active during the daylight hours but sleeping during the nighttime. See nocturnal.
Industry:Anthropology
Any species of the primate tribe Hominini. The australopithecines and humans are hominins.
Industry:Anthropology
Any species of the primate superfamily Hominoidea. All hominids and apes are hominoids.
Industry:Anthropology
Any species of the primate family Hominidae. The great apes and humans are the only hominids today, however, there were other species in the past.
Industry:Anthropology
