Recent archaeological discoveries, reviewed in this essay, challenge traditional views on the emergence of human symbolic cognition. Once believed to have originated in Europe around 40,000 years ago, new evidence shows it emerged much earlier across diverse regions.
Francesco d'Errico +3 more
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Social change in eleventh-century Armenia : the evidence from Tarōn [PDF]
Although the Byzantine annexation of Armenian territories in the later tenth and eleventh centuries has been studied from a number of perspectives, little attention has been paid to the subsequent history of those districts, and in particular the ...
Greenwood, Tim +2 more
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US Life Expectancy and Increasing Mortality Rates: An Analysis of the Crisis
Policy Points US life expectancy is shorter than in other high‐income countries and the gap has widened dramatically over time, driven in particular by rising mortality rates that threaten the probability that youth can survive to middle age, or even adulthood.
STEVEN H. WOOLF
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The Armenian road to democracy - Dimensions of a tortuous process. CEPS Working Document No. 267, May 2007 [PDF]
Focusing on the internal and geo-political dimensions of Armenia’s road to democracy, this paper considers the decision-making structure, the role of leadership, the development of political parties and various changes in Armenian civil society.
Freire, Maria Raquel +2 more
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Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge
ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
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Are natural resources a curse on the distributional consequences of financial development?
Abstract This paper examines how natural resource dependence shapes the distributional effects of financial development in developing economies. Using a balanced panel of 90 countries from 1995 to 2022 and dynamic panel and nonlinear threshold methods, we show that financial development reduces wealth inequality when resource dependence is low, but ...
Dong‐Hyeon Kim +2 more
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Triggers and Modifiers of Acute Coronary Events and Implications for Practice: An Umbrella Review
ABSTRACT Aim To synthesise evidence from systematic reviews on triggers and modifiers of acute coronary events to identify clinical implications. Triggers refer to transient exposures that may precipitate acute coronary events through several potential biological and haemodynamic mechanisms. Design An umbrella review.
Lynne Hunt +5 more
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Migration Power Europe: Diplomacy, Crises and Power Struggles at the EU Periphery
Abstract This article introduces the conceptual framework of migration power Europe to dissect the multiple forms of power at play in how the European Union (EU) and its member states navigate migration diplomacy, through and beyond the apparent display of ‘Fortress Europe’.
Irene Fernández‐Molina +1 more
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The Legal Status of Conjoined Twins in Islamic Law: A Socio‐Legal Analysis
ABSTRACT Conjoined twins are a rare congenital anomaly. Conjoined twins can occur in various morphological types. Conjoined twins are perceived not only as a physical difference but also as a subject of interest and curiosity in many areas of society.
Merve Yiğitoğlu
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Armenian Churches in the Province of Gaziantep, Turkey
Southeast Anatolia in Turkey is a region where important centres of early Christianity could be found. In Gaziantep, which was named Little Bukhara' during the reign of Egyptian Mamluks, many Armenian churches have been documented.
Dagtekin, Emine, Hillez, Semra
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