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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 5, Page 1709-1716, December 2026.ABSTRACT The California dairy industry has experienced considerable consolidation over the past 30 years. During this period, there has also been substantial technological innovation, implementation of the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, and rapid adoption of anaerobic digesters.
Michael McCullough, Jarrett Hart
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The origins of lactase persistence in Europe.
PLoS Computational Biology, 2009 Lactase persistence (LP) is common among people of European ancestry, but with the exception of some African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian groups, is rare or absent elsewhere in the world.
Yuval Itan +4 more
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Why Anthropologists Should Study Dogs
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Volume 35, Issue 4, December 2026.ABSTRACT While primates have traditionally been a focus of evolutionary anthropologists, the domestic dog represents a valuable complementary model due to its long shared evolutionary history with humans. The advantages of studying dogs are particularly evident in four key areas: (1) analyzing evolutionary adaptations, (2) understanding humanity's past,
Kyle C. M. Smith
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THE ROLE OF MEN AND WOMEN IN DAIRY RELATED DECISION MAKING: A VILLAGE LEVEL STUDY [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 2001 A study was conducted in 100 dairying households to assess the extent of involvement of men and women in various dairy related decision making in a village in Kerala. It was revealed that in the case of selection, housing, breeding and treatment men had
S.S. Anil +3 more
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Plastic Purity and Sacred Dairy
The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 2022 By investigating the growing use of plastics within Mongolian dairying, this paper explores emerging microbial/social assemblages as they relate to local and imported ideas of purity and hygiene.
Björn Reichhardt +1 more
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Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 6, Page 1437-1449, December 2026.ABSTRACT This study details the analysis of an assemblage of Funnel Beaker pottery from Wanna in Northern Germany investigated using petrographic, geochemical, and organic residue analyses. The analyses revealed specialized production of pottery vessels for funerary contexts, but that domestic and funerary pottery were used intensively to process ...
I. L. Wiltshire +4 more
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Occupation Patterns of Amish Settlements in Wisconsin
The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2018 This article explores occupation patterns of Amish households and settlements in Wisconsin. Wisconsin has seen dramatic growth in Amish settlements over the past 50 years.
John Cross
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 8, Page 1282-1293, November 2026.ABSTRACT Upland farming in Europe is frequently assumed to have been limited and precarious, despite relict spade‐dug ridges providing firm evidence of past crop growing. Direct evidence for crop types in post‑Medieval to Modern (~since 1500 CE) uplands is rare; yet, in Ireland, relict spade‐dug ridges that date to this period are commonly interpreted ...
Helen Essell, Gill Plunkett
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The commercialization of labour markets: Evidence from wage inequality in the Middle Ages
The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 4, Page 1409-1442, November 2026.Abstract This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre‐industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in medieval England. We find that whilst some workers enjoyed substantial growth in wage rates after the Black Death, there was a large group who ...
Jordan Claridge +2 more
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