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Das „Marine-Casino“ und die Kirche „Madonna del Mare“ in Pula

Annales, Series Historia et Sociologia
The paper treats the history of construction of two prestigious naval buildings in Pola in the early 20th century: the “Marine-Casino” and the naval Church “Madonna del Mare”. Buildings which should give impulse to the social life and serve the religious
Brigitta Mader
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Over the edge: Empirical evidence for the cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection maintains that larger neonates and smaller birth canals confer a positive selective advantage until labor becomes obstructed and vaginal delivery is no longer possible, eliciting an abrupt reduction in fitness.
Laura M. Watson, Pierre Frémondière, Kaspar Staub, Philipp Mitteroecker, Barbara Fischer, Martin Haeusler, Nicole M. Webb   +6 more
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“Nubian” Archers in Avaris: A Study of Culture-Historical Reasoning in Archaeology of Egypt

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2014
The archaeology of Egypt is in world archaeological circles widely regarded as non-theoretical in a negative sense. The consequence of such a state of the discipline are often uncritical uses of concepts and models which were under heavy critique in ...
Uroš Matić
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Life-history of Palaeoloxodon antiquus reveals Middle Pleistocene glacial refugium in the Megalopolis basin, Greece

Scientific Reports
The Balkans are considered a major glacial refugium where flora and fauna survived glacial periods and repopulated the rest of Europe during interglacials.
Effrosyni Roditi, Hervé Bocherens, George E. Konidaris, Athanassios Athanassiou, Vangelis Tourloukis, Panagiotis Karkanas, Eleni Panagopoulou, Katerina Harvati   +7 more
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Pelvic morphology and body size in relation to the preauricular sulcus: Evidence from medieval to modern Iberia

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The preauricular sulcus has long been debated as a pelvic feature variably attributed to obstetric stress, ligamentous traction, and broader biomechanical processes. To clarify its determinants, we analyzed 409 adult individuals from three archeological and one early modern skeletal collection from the Iberian Peninsula, integrating graded ...
Rebeca García‐González, Julia Muñoz‐Guarinos, Nico Cirotto, Sonia Díaz‐Navarro, Laura Rodríguez, José Miguel Carretero   +5 more
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Provenance study of Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770–256 BC) stone chimes excavated from the Chu territory, China

Frontiers in Earth Science
This study investigates the provenance of Eastern Zhou Dynasty stone chimes excavated from tombs within the Chu cultural region, employing an integrated analytical approach to elucidate the sources and circulation of high-quality lithic materials.
Liuliu Li, Jinyi Zhao, Jianwei Li, Jingxian Guo   +3 more
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Dental anomalies in Pleistocene African hippopotamuses from Olduvai Bed II

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Hippopotamuses are key palaeoenvironmental indicators in African Pleistocene ecosystems due to their ecological dependence on permanent water bodies and their frequent representation in the fossil record. This study examines dental anomalies in Hippopotamus cf. gorgops from several localities in Bed II of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), dated to ca.
Darío Fidalgo, Faysal Bibi, Jean‐Renaud Boisserie, Jackson K. Njau, Ignacio de la Torre   +4 more
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Developmental differences in cortical bone structure in chimpanzee and human femora reflect early locomotor independence in humans

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The cortical bone structure of long bone diaphyses changes throughout growth via skeletal modeling and has important implications for bone strength and structural integrity. Ontogenetic trends in diaphyseal structure have been identified in both chimpanzees and humans but it is not yet clear how these trends compare given notable differences ...
Karen R. Swan, Rachel Ives, Zewdi J. Tsegai, Louise T. Humphrey   +3 more
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The color influence of dust in air pollutants on architectural painting: a case of archery tower at the West Gate in Shaanxi, China

Heritage Science
At present, under the influence of environmental pollution, the color of architectural painting gradually darkens, loses luster, and even cracks when the pigment falls off, which seriously affects the long-term preservation of architectural painting.
Juanli Wang, Ming Cao, Peng Fu, Wenqiang Dong   +3 more
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Interpreting a Legacy Fossil Assemblage Excavated From Waribruk (New Guinea II Cave), GunaiKurnai Aboriginal Country, Snowy River National Park, Southeastern Australia

Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper we report on faunal remains recovered from a legacy archaeological excavation undertaken in the rockshelter entrance of Waribruk (New Guinea II Cave), a GunaiKurnai site located on the west bank of the Snowy River, East Gippsland, southeastern Australia.
Matthew C. McDowell, Bruno David, Jean‐Jacques Delannoy, Russell Mullett, Fiona Petchey, Helen Green, Joanna Fresløv, GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation   +7 more
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