Meanings
- not comparableRelating to bioarchaeology.
On a bioarchaeological level (assuming we could get DNA from multiple individuals in the cave), we could ask whether H. naledi individuals buried in the cave were close relatives, and whether there was a relationship between burial location and genetic relatedness.
2017 May 23, Jennifer Raff, The Guardian1 more example
The creation of biocultural models mapping the interplay between varied dimensions of human life alongside human biology, and bioarchaeological models that adapted these models to explore the past, disclose the many variables that contribute to and/or mitigate human disease[…].
2023, Anne L. Grauer, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 7
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
- Ancient Greekἀρχή (arkhḗ)
- Ancient Greekἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Ancient Greekἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
- Englisharchaeology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englisharchaeological
- Englishbioarchaeological
From bio- + archaeological.
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bioarchaeological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioarchaeological
“bioarchaeological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioarchaeological. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bioarchaeological,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioarchaeological.
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