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Taxonomic note: The scope of the hypodigm of H. neander - Characteristics and inferred behaviour: The earliest evidence thalensis depends on how inclusively the taxon is defined. of anatomically modern human morphology in the fossil For some researchers the taxon is restricted to fossils from record comes from sites in Africa and the Near East.

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noun Biology A taxonomic category or group, such as a phylum, order, family, genus, or species.

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Deeper exploration of microbial interactions is now possible via molecular prospecting and taxon-specific experimental approaches. — CiteULike: Everyone's library
There are two general approaches for measuring community diversity: quantitative measures, which use the abundance of each taxon, and qualitative measures, which use only the presence / absence of data. — CiteULike: Everyone's library
Efforts to quantify microbial diversity often use taxon-based methods that ignore the fact that not all species are equally related, which can therefore obscure important patterns in the data. — CiteULike: Everyone's library
These methods are more powerful than taxon-based methods because microorganisms in a community differ dramatically in sequence similarity, which also often correlates with phenotypic similarity in key features such as metabolic capabilities. — CiteULike: Everyone's library
In particular, biologists have not determined the relative roles of taxon-specific characteristics that influence diversification and distribution, and region-specific features that promote and constrain diversity. — CiteULike: Everyone's library