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Another look at ‘Khoikhoi’ and related ethnonyms
Acta Academica, 2011 The nomadic pastoralists formerly called “Hottentots” are today known as the Khoikhoi, a term also encountered as Khoekhoe, often abbreviated as Khoe.
Peter E. Raper
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A comprehensive review of HVS‐I mitochondrial DNA variation of 19 Iranian populations
Annals of Human Genetics, Volume 88, Issue 3, Page 259-277, May 2024.Abstract Iran is located along the Central Asian corridor, a natural artery that has served as a cross‐continental route since the first anatomically modern human populations migrated out of Africa. We compiled and reanalyzed the HVS‐I (hypervariable segment‐I) of 3840 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 19 Iranian populations and from 26 groups ...
Motahareh Amjadi +4 more
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People and Nature, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 627-645, April 2024.Abstract The loss and degradation of forests and other ecosystems worldwide threaten both global biodiversity and the livelihoods of people who use natural resources. Understanding how natural resource use impacts landscape provisioning services for both people and wildlife is thus critical for designing comprehensive resource management strategies. We
Katherine J. Kling +15 more
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Notes on some of the ethnonyms in the Veneranda dies
Ad Limina, 2010 The article deals with some of the ethnonyms mentioned in the Veneranda dies, proposing some identifications for the names “Daci” and “Romani” that have not hitherto been considered.
Carlo Pulsoni
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Population, Space and Place, Volume 30, Issue 2, March 2024.Abstract The extent of demographic diversity in some migrant‐receiving countries has led to the formation of majority‐minority (or superdiverse) cities, a phenomenon also found in New Zealand. Recognising that demographic diversity is dynamic, sensitive to mobility patterns and shifts in socioeconomic indicators, this study examines diversity through ...
Louisa Buckingham
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Slovene, 2014 This article deals with the usage and combinability of words from the synonymic rows Rusʹ/Rossiia/Russiia, russkii/rossiiskii/rosskii, and russkie/rossiiane/rossy, on the basis of the Catalogue of the Kievan Metropolitans, from the early 18th c.—a little-
Alexander I. Grishchenko
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History and Theory, Volume 63, Issue 1, Page 45-70, March 2024.ABSTRACT This article discusses the impact of genomic history, a subdiscipline that emerged in the study of the ancient Mediterranean in the 2010s. In 2014, scientists first published a method for extracting genetic material, which they christened aDNA (ancient DNA), from ancient human remains in hot climates.
Christopher Stedman Parmenter
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Latin American Policy, Volume 15, Issue 1, Page 55-78, March 2024.Abstract This article explores the social construction of international migrants as a threat to public health and public safety in Mexico, specifically in the case of the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey, since relations within this new sense of “otherness” in this city cause issues for public health and citizen security as traditionally conceived. An in‐
Philippe Stoesslé
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Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia, 2017 In the article I have attempted to check, how is the influence of monolingual lexicography on ethnical stereotypes. The goal is to answer the question of how lexicography might contribute to strengthening ethnical stereotypes.
Joanna Szczęk
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Semantic classification of English ethnonyms
Scientific Bulletin, 2020 An ethnonym is a linguistic unit that appears in a language not randomly or suddenly. They are the result of human relationships that are reflected in the language. Grouping ethnonyms by their semantic meaning is not an easy task. Many attempts by linguists are controversial and have lost their relevance over time.
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