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The motif of a relationship between a human and an animal in genealogical legends of the buryats
Этническая культура, 2023 The given article discusses the motif of the miraculous birth of a child from an animal in the narratives about the origins of Buryat tribes and clans. The study sets a goal of identifying the structure of plots where this motif is present, determine its
Zinaida A. Debenova
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Syntax, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 613-652, December 2024.Abstract We use fieldwork data about cross‐clausal scrambling in Balkar (Turkic) to clarify the nature of movement and its constraints. Balkar has a variety of embedded nominalized clauses, with different subject cases and possibilities for movement.
Tatiana Bondarenko, Colin Davis
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Genetic Analysis of Reproduction in the Buryat Populations
Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY and Applied Human Science, 2005 A complex anthropological survey based on population-genetic methods and a study of a wide spectrum of genetic systems (43 alleles from 17 independent loci) was undertaken among 450 Buryat women of post-reproductive age. The results obtained showed the influence of particular genetic markers and their complex on the formation of peculiarities in the ...
Spitsyna, Nailija Khajievna +2 more
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Associations of Facial Shape With Physical Strength and 2D:4D in a Turkish Male and Female Sample
American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 36, Issue 11, November 2024.ABSTRACT Objective Human sexual dimorphism in physical strength manifests itself in men having a greater muscle mass than women, reflecting ancestral roles in competition, protection, and provisioning. Prenatal testosterone exposure, approximated via the second‐to‐fourth digit ratio (2D:4D), is linked to increased muscular strength in both sexes ...
Fatih Aydık +3 more
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Journal of Anatomy, Volume 245, Issue 5, Page 699-724, November 2024.This study examines the influence of climate on human evolution using a large dataset (>2500 individuals) and combines morphometric analysis, genomic data, and various statistical techniques. It reveals distinct morphological traits in cold‐region populations, like increased nasal height and reduced facial protrusion, but also differences such as those
Andrej Evteev +7 more
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The Russian Review, Volume 83, Issue 4, Page 548-572, October 2024.Abstract The aim of this article is to bring the issue of peace more definitively into the increasingly complex vision we have of the postwar era and to give particular thought to the place of the military man within a society that was now supposedly orientated toward peace.
Claire E. McCallum
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“Intuitive districts”: Agentive images in a post‐socialist city
City &Society, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 78-90, August 2024.Abstract Anyone who has lived in a city knows that, separately from the administrative or electoral districts, there are districts that exist in the imagination. Areas of the city seem to have a distinctive character and ethos. The article suggests that such notional place‐forming occurs spontaneously through everyday sensations, life activities, and ...
Caroline Humphrey
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Earth's Future, Volume 12, Issue 4, April 2024.Abstract Wildfires emit atmospheric aerosols, affecting climate and air quality. Siberia is a known source region of wildfires. However, comprehensive knowledge regarding the impact associated with particulate matter pollution due to Siberian wildfires on climate and air quality and their effects on mortality and the economy under present and near ...
Teppei J. Yasunari +4 more
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The Buryat Language in the Global Language System
Oriental Studies, 2018 Dutch sociologist Abram de Swaan began to elaborate a model of the global language system in 1993, and in 2001 his book “Words of the World: The Global Language System” was issued.
D. D. Tregubova
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American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 36, Issue 3, March 2024.Abstract The field of human biology has long explored how human populations have adapted to extreme environmental circumstances. Yet, it has become increasingly clear that conditions of social stress, poverty, and lifestyle change play equally important roles in shaping human biological variation and health.
William R. Leonard
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