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The key finding of this manuscript is that Ochlodes venatus, a species of Japanese grassland butterfly, inhabited Japan far earlier than previously known. This study estimates O. venatus was distributed in Japan at least 200,000 years ago. This provides crucial evidence that grassland organisms inhabited Japan much earlier than previously thought ...
Naoyuki Nakahama +6 more
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Beyond Brunhild: reassessing women in the Fredegar Chronicle
Scholarly consideration of women in the seventh‐century Fredegar chronicle has long been dominated by the author’s hostility towards Brunhild, queen of Austrasia. Statistical analysis of Latin world chronicles before ad 900, however, shows that Fredegar’s representation of women was unusually high within this tradition.
Emily Quigley
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New Book: The Library of The Other Antiquity. Reading Late Antiquity
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Recent Advances in Raman Spectral Classification with Machine Learning. [PDF]
Liu Y +5 more
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Aristocratic identification in Felix’s Life of Guthlac
Recent scholarship often sees high‐born monastics and clerics in early Christian England as part of the aristocratic class. Modern identity theories, however, suggest that social identity could be dynamic, situational, processual and discursive. In light of this concept, the present article reads Felix’s Life of Guthlac as a text that constructs an ...
Lek Hang Chan
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Government Financial Reporting: A Study of Nested Controversy
ABSTRACT There are two schools of thought on government financial reporting: one emanating from societal values and accountability to citizens; and one based on investment decisions and a business approach. There are staunch proponents of these different perspectives, which are rooted in economic thought and values.
Sheila Ellwood, Rhoda Brown
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The persistence and loss of hard selective sweeps amid admixture in ancient Eurasians. [PDF]
Harris M, Mo Z, Siepel A, Garud NR.
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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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