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Dissecting Amazonian Biodiversity
Science, 1995Biogeographical and biodiversity studies in lowland Amazonian rain forests typically refer to observed or postulated distribution barriers such as past unfavorable climates, mountains, rivers, and river floodplains that divide the uniform tierra firme (noninundated) forest.
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Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1981
A general overview of various aspects of Amazonian coca (Erythroxylum coca var. ipadu) is presented. This plant is considered a distinct variety of coca which has been developed as a cultivated plant in the upper Amazon basin. It differs from typical Andean coca in morphological, physiological and chemical features as well as in the method of ...
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A general overview of various aspects of Amazonian coca (Erythroxylum coca var. ipadu) is presented. This plant is considered a distinct variety of coca which has been developed as a cultivated plant in the upper Amazon basin. It differs from typical Andean coca in morphological, physiological and chemical features as well as in the method of ...
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Annual Review of Anthropology, 2009
Amazonian archaeology has made major advances in recent decades, particularly in understanding coupled human environmental systems. Like other tropical forest regions, prehistoric social formations were long portrayed as small-scale, dispersed communities that differed little in organization from recent indigenous societies and had negligible impacts ...
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Amazonian archaeology has made major advances in recent decades, particularly in understanding coupled human environmental systems. Like other tropical forest regions, prehistoric social formations were long portrayed as small-scale, dispersed communities that differed little in organization from recent indigenous societies and had negligible impacts ...
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2020
Plants What is ayahuasca? From Argentina to Australia, from Israel to Istanbul, a once-obscure Amazonian liana, admixed with a few other plants, is now celebrated—and even venerated—as a plant of power, knowledge, and healing that has spawned two state-recognized neo-religions.
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Plants What is ayahuasca? From Argentina to Australia, from Israel to Istanbul, a once-obscure Amazonian liana, admixed with a few other plants, is now celebrated—and even venerated—as a plant of power, knowledge, and healing that has spawned two state-recognized neo-religions.
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Handedness in native Amazonians
Neuropsychologia, 1993A sample of 65 Tucano adolescents living in the Amazon region of Colombia were administered a 26-item handedness questionnaire. All subjects were right-handed. A factor analysis of the data indicated a factor structure rather different from that seen in North Americans, although both skilled and unskilled handedness factors were seen.
M P, Bryden, A, Ardila, O, Ardila
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2019
This chapter argues that riparian Amerindian groups in the central part of the Amazon Basin ever suffered for lack of animal protein, and it is highly unlikely that native groups were capable of overexploiting the fisheries in and along the larger rivers.
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This chapter argues that riparian Amerindian groups in the central part of the Amazon Basin ever suffered for lack of animal protein, and it is highly unlikely that native groups were capable of overexploiting the fisheries in and along the larger rivers.
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2020
Amazonian Spanish: Language Contact and Evolution explores the unique origins, linguistic features, and geo-political situation of the Spanish that has emerged in the Amazon. While this region boasts much linguistic diversity, many of the indigenous languages found within its limits are now being replaced by Spanish.
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Amazonian Spanish: Language Contact and Evolution explores the unique origins, linguistic features, and geo-political situation of the Spanish that has emerged in the Amazon. While this region boasts much linguistic diversity, many of the indigenous languages found within its limits are now being replaced by Spanish.
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