Archaeornis
noun
an extinct primitive jur-ssic bird, formerly placed in the genus archaeornis but now thought to be a species of archaeopteryx
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. noting or pertaining to the earlier half of the precambrian era, from about 5 billion to 2.5 billion years ago, during which the earliest datable rocks were formed and from which the oldest known fossil forms, blue-green algae and bacteria, have been recovered. the archeozoic division of geologic time or the rock systems formed […]
- Archaezoology
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collectively, the very robust, regionally differentiated human populations that lived in europe, asia, the middle east, and africa from 35,000 to 200,000 years ago. any physically robust, premodern form of the genus h-m- , including h-m- sapiens neanderthalensis (neanderthal man) or h-m- erectus , and their intermediate forms and regional variants.
- Archaic homo sapiens
archaic h-m- sapiens archaic h-m- sapiens (är-kā’ĭk) relating to or being an early form or subspecies of h-m- sapiens, anatomically distinct from modern humans. neanderthals in europe and solo man in asia are usually cl-ssed as archaic humans. though archaic humans belong to the same species as modern humans, not all archaic groups or populations […]
- Old latin
the latin language in use from the earliest inscriptions to c100 b.c. abbreviation: ol, ol., o.l. historical examples they felt contempt for their old latin speech and for their literature, with the tiresome asceticism it eternally preached. a short history of spain mary platt parmele dragons like father has in that old latin book about […]