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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
wiley   +1 more source

On Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Networks in a Multilayered Reality: Clashing Interests in the Ethnic Enclave of Lloret de Mar

Societies, 2014
Over the last decade, the tourist destination of Lloret de Mar (Gerona, Spain) has experienced an increasing concentration of souvenir stores owned by a population of Indian origin.
Hugo Valenzuela-García, José Luis Molina, Miranda J. Lubbers, Alejandro García-Macías, Judith Pampalona, Juergen Lerner   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

California Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Project Cultural Resources Surveying: Ethnographic Resources Candidate Site Selection Phase

, 1987
This report describes the results of an ethnographic study performed by Cultural Systems Research, Incorporated (CSRI) for US Ecology, Inc. The study was part of US Ecology's efforts to select a site for the disposal of Low Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW)
Stoffle, Richard W., Cultural Systems Research, Inc.   +1 more
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The 1970s Rebirth of Finnish Anthropology

The Finnish Anthropological Society (or simply Society) was founded during a period in which the number of academic students increased rapidly. In addition, many young people sought ways to participate in international politics, particularly in the ...
Timo Kaartinen, Eija-Maija Kotilainen, Kaartinen, Timo, Kotilainen, Eija-Maija   +3 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
wiley   +1 more source

Cultivating cultural awareness among medical educators by integrating cultural anthropology in faculty development: an action research study. [PDF]

BMC Med Educ, 2022
Oikawa S, Iida J, Ito Y, Nishigori H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Ethics, Iconoclasm, and Qur'anic Art in Indonesia (reprint)

, 2014
What predicaments and crises are posed, whose interests are served, and what discourses are advanced when artists use the Qur’an for aesthetic projects?
George, Kenneth M.
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Hyperostosis frontalis interna: Observed patterns, prevalence, and dementia associations in older adults

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) is a frequently underrecognized condition characterized by overgrowth of the frontal endocranium, most commonly observed in post‐menopausal women. Although its etiology remains unclear, hormonal influences and a possible relationship with neurocognitive changes have been proposed.
Danielle Felsberg, Kira Morgan, Rickey‐Levon Burch, Madelyn Furr, Zachary Tyson, Steven Lesh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lexibank 2: pre-computed features for large-scale lexical data [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]

Open Research Europe
Large-scale lexical and grammatical datasets nowadays play an important role in comparative linguistics. However, the lack of standardization remains a challenge exacerbating extension and reuse of published data.
Robert Forkel, Christoph Rzymski, Frederic Blum, Carlos Barrientos, Johann-Mattis List, Simon J. Greenhill, Johannes Englisch   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reason, risk, and reward: Models for libraries and other stakeholders in an evolving scholarly publishing ecosystem [PDF]

, 2014
Scholarly publishing, and scholarly communication more generally, are based on patterns established over many decades and even centuries. Some of these patterns are clearly valuable and intimately related to core values of the academy, but others were ...
Smith, Kevin L., Mangiafico, Paolo, Smith, Kevin L   +2 more
core   +1 more source