Coeval

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Coeval is a term used in anthropology to refer to the attribute of being both contemporary and simultaneous or synchronous; while "simultaneous" or "synchronous" means "taking place at the same time" and "contemporary" means "being of the same era," the term "coeval" refers to both attributes.[1]

It is also a term used in archaeology, geology and paleontology to denotate "of the same era" or "contemporaneous."

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Marlene Van Niekirk, "Understanding Trends in 'African Thinking' - A Critical Discussion," in P.H. Coetzee, ed., The African Philosophy Reader (New York: Routledge, 1998), pp. 68-69.


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