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Caste as a Social Kind

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 431-450, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Gender and race have received significant philosophical attention recently; they are the paradigm cases of social kinds in most philosophical accounts. I argue for the inclusion of caste as a social kind because it affects the lives of many people, and because it presents itself as an important test case for philosophers of social kinds.
Ajinkya Deshmukh
wiley   +1 more source

Anthropometry of love: Height and gender asymmetries in interethnic marriages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Economics and Human Biology. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural ...
Averett   +22 more
core   +6 more sources

Assortative Mating and Divorce: Evidence from Austrian Register Data [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper documents that changes in assortative mating patterns over the last four decades along the dimensions of age, ethnicity, religion and education are not responsible for the increasing marital instability in Austria.
Martin Halla   +2 more
core   +6 more sources

Can the reproductive system of a rare and narrowly endemic plant species explain its high genetic diversity?

open access: yesActa Botânica Brasílica, 2018
The reproductive system of flowering plants can be highly variable, affecting their biology, gene flow and genetic variability among populations. Petunia secreta is a rare annual endemic species of Pedra do Segredo, located in the municipality of ...
Daniele M. Rodrigues   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 600-633, May 2026.
Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
wiley   +1 more source

Somatic development and embryo yield in crossbred F1 mice generated by different mating strategies

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Biology
The aim of this study was to evaluate different mating strategies among endogamic strains to create F1 populations of mice, minimising the effect of inbreeding depression on somatic development and embryo yield.
RITP. Batista   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Europe and Generational Replacement in Fishing: Analysis of the Scarcity of Studies and Proposals for Future Lines of Research

open access: yesFish and Fisheries, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 555-570, May 2026.
ABSTRACT The fishing sector is facing a major crisis, usually addressed from an economic and/or environmental perspective. However, at least in developed countries, the ageing of fishers and the lack of generational replacement is one of the main challenges to its survival. Although the sector has been calling for this problem to be addressed, there is
Andrea Márquez‐Escamilla   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Actually existing Chinese matriarchy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The essays in this volume present contemporary anthropological perspectives on Chinese kinship, its historical complexity and its modern metamorphoses. The collection draws particular attention to the reverberations of larger socio-cultural and politico ...
Stafford, Charles
core  

Racial Boundaries and Religious Context: White Americans’ Opposition to Interracial Marriage With Asians

open access: yesSocial Science Quarterly, Volume 107, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives Previous studies indicate that different aspects of individual religiosity were associated with White Americans’ attitudes toward interracial marriage with Asians. However, there is a paucity of research on how religious geographic contexts may influence those attitudes.
Fanhao Nie, Minsun Song
wiley   +1 more source

Consanguinidad, endogamia y exogamia en Holguín entre los siglos XVIII y XIX

open access: yesNovedades en Población, 2018
pareja en el proceso de formación de matrimonios y familias. Se considera que en una sociedad simétrica debe existir un equilibrio entre los procesos de endogamia y exogamia No se cuenta con un análisis detallado de la endogamia, consanguinidad y ...
Yulemis Sánchez Machado   +1 more
doaj  

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