HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC
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examining bones
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examining artifacts
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studying historical documents
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examining DNA
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Detailed explanation-1: -Human remains can also be analysed using DNA sampling, radiocarbon dating and isotope sampling. DNA analysis uses the genetic material of the remains and can accurately determine their sex, help identify their family relationships, and give information about their appearance in life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Artifacts are the things that people in the past made, purchased, collected, and left behind at archeological sites. Archeologists carefully collect artifacts from their archeological contexts, then study and curate them.
Detailed explanation-3: -An archaeologist is a scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts.
Detailed explanation-4: -Archaeology is the study of past cultures. Archaeologists are interested in how people of the past lived, worked, traded with others, moved across the landscape, and what they believed. Understanding the past may help us better understand our own society and that of other cultures.