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Biocultural diversity of common walnut (Juglans regia L.) and sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) across Eurasia. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2020 Little is known about how anthropogenic processes have affected the evolution of tree species with a long‐time‐scale history of human utilization such as common walnut (Juglans regia L.) and sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.). In this study, we evaluated the impact of isolation by distance processes, landscape heterogeneity, and cultural boundaries
Pollegioni P +10 more
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Pre‐Manichaean Beliefs of the Uyghurs II: Other Religious Elements
Journal of Religious History, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 586-603, December 2023., 2023 The original beliefs of the Uyghurs, which have been overshadowed by their conversion to Manichaeism and Buddhism, have not been thoroughly studied until recently. However, Uyghur inscriptions as well as Chinese and Islamic sources provide us with some information regarding their beliefs. In the first part of this article series, the Uyghurs' belief in
Hayrettin İhsan Erkoç
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Optometry and Vision Science, Volume 100, Issue 1, Page 82-90, January 2023., 2023 SIGNIFICANCE The ethnic differences in myopia rates, ocular dimensions, and risk factors between Han and non‐Han schoolchildren observed in this study may help fill the knowledge gap about ethnic minorities and are important for China and other countries to address vision‐related health inequalities among different ethnic groups.
Yumeng Shi +8 more
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Forming an anti‐imperialist national identity in Republican China: The Finnish interpretation
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 364-379, January 2023., 2023 Abstract This article focuses on Finnish national identities because they expressed the shared experiences of newly established Finnish communities, and they were crucial in constructing a new nation. It also explores created images of the Finnish and Finland, as well as community construction in Republican China, especially after Finland gained ...
Tiina H. Airaksinen
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How the diversity of human concepts of nature affects conservation of biodiversity
Conservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 1019-1028, June 2021., 2021 Abstract Protecting nature has become a global concern. However, the very idea of nature is problematic. We examined the etymological and semantic diversity of the word used to translate nature in a conservation context in 76 of the primary languages of the world to identify the different relationships between humankind and nature.
Frédéric Ducarme +2 more
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On the Uralic Verbal Personal (*)k-Marker; 81-89 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2007 In case of Uralic verbal personal (*)k-markers we can probably come across very little etymologically common suffix-material inherent to all the Uralic language group and at times they may prove to be of Altaic origin altogether.
Ago Künnap
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Paleolinguistics brings more light on the earliest history of the traditional Eurasian pulse crops [PDF]
, 2011 Traditional pulse crops such as pea, lentil, field bean, bitter vetch, chickpea and common vetch originate from Middle East, Mediterranean and Central Asia^1^.
Aleksandar Medovic +7 more
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Molecular Genetics &Genomic Medicine, Volume 8, Issue 11, November 2020., 2020 19 X‐STRs can afford a reliable and informative database of Guizhou Tujia population for human identification and paternity testing, especially in complex biological relations. The genetic relationships of Chinese populations are significantly influenced by the geographic position and ethnolinguistic origin.
Li Luo +9 more
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Ancient Connections of Sinitic
Languages, 2023 Six main alternative linkage proposals which involve the Sino-Tibetan family, including Sinitic and other language families of the East Asian area (Miao-Yao, Altaic/Transeurasian, Austroasiatic, Tai-Kadai, Austronesian) are briefly outlined.
David Bradley
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Molecular Genetics &Genomic Medicine, Volume 8, Issue 10, October 2020., 2020 The first batch of 23 autosomal STR profiles of Ha Hlai, one important branch of Hainan Li (Hlai), were obtained and reported by genotyping 657 Ha Hlai individuals (497 males and 160 females) utilizing the Huaxia™ Platinum PCR Amplification System.
Wenhui Li +14 more
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