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Ethnographic meta-analysis shows that thermoregulation activities predict needle and awl use in North America. [PDF]

PLoS One
Litynski ML, Field S, Haas R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Description, Articulation and Limitations in the Social Theory of Insurance

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There have been surprisingly few sustained efforts to explain or theorise the role insurance plays in society. Even the most theoretically inflected insurance scholarship, emanating from governmentality and Actor Network Theory scholarship, tends to be grounded in empirical cases, set in particular periods and places, and it is often ...
Liz McFall
wiley   +1 more source

A high-coverage Neandertal genome from the Altai Mountains reveals population structure among Neandertals. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Massilani D, Peyrégne S, Iasi LNM, de Filippo C, Mafessoni F, Bossoms Mesa A, Sümer AP, Swiel Y, Popli D, Silverman S, Boyle MJ, Kozlikin MB, Shunkov MV, Derevianko AP, Higham T, Douka K, Meyer M, Zeberg H, Kelso J, Pääbo S.   +19 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Trait coevolution and causal inference using generalized dynamic phylogenetic models

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Phylogenetic comparative methods are widely used to study trait coevolution across biological and cultural domains. The most common methods are phylogenetic generalized linear (mixed) models, phylogenetic path analysis, Pagel's ‘discrete’ method and Ornstein–Uhlenbeck models. While some frameworks like generalized linear mixed models are quite
Erik J. Ringen, Scott Claessens, Jordan S. Martin, Adrian V. Jaeggi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commentary on Seersholm Et al.: Yersinia pestis Infection Is Not Synonymous With Deadly Plague in Neolithic Scandinavia. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
Oumarou Hama H, Drancourt M, Slavin P, Sebbane F.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Outsiders: Principled Withdrawal, Whiteness, and Power in the Los Angeles Food Justice Movement

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article draws on understandings of whiteness and the misconstrual of South Central Los Angeles to analyze the power dynamics between “outsider” activists and residents of South Central as they worked toward a more equitable food system.
Hanna Garth
wiley   +1 more source

Social Stratification Without Genetic Differentiation at the Xisima Site in the Late Shang Dynasty. [PDF]

Mol Biol Evol
Tang J, Wang R, Wei Q, He H, Deng C, Tao L, Mao X, Ma H, Wang X, Zou X, Yang X, Zhang Q, Wu Q, Guo Y, Wang CC.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Seabirds shaped the expansion of pre-Inca society in Peru. [PDF]

PLoS One
Bongers JL, Milton EBP, Osborn J, Drucker DG, Robinson JR, Scaffidi BK.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Stone artifacts (lithics) preserve for extended periods; thus they are key evidence for probing the evolution of human technological behaviors. Africa boasts the oldest record of stone artifacts, spanning 3.3 Ma, rare instances of ethnographic stone tool‐making, and stone tool archives from diverse ecological settings, making it an anchor for ...
Deborah I. Olszewski, Amanuel Beyin, Justin Pargeter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a Biocultural Synthesis of the Peopling of the Americas: Introduction to the Special Issue. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
Menéndez LP, Hubbe M.
europepmc   +1 more source