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American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Volume 175, Issue S72, Page 4-26, August 2021., 2021 Abstract Efforts to name and classify Middle Pleistocene Homo, often referred to as “Homo heidelbergensis” are hampered by confusing patterns of morphology but also by conflicting paleoanthropological ideologies that are embedded in approaches to hominin taxonomy, nomenclature, and the species concept.
Sheela Athreya, Allison Hopkins
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Fisher Ethnotaxonomy for Elasmobranchs Captured Along the Brazilian Amazon Coast
Ethnobiology Letters, 2023 The diversity of popular names used in fish nomenclature off the Brazilian coast makes it difficult to identify species, and many names have their origins in Indigenous languages, mainly Tupi-Guarani. This study sought to understand and update the list of the most popular names and assess some ethnotaxonomic patterns employed by artisanal fishers from ...
Keyton K. F. Coelho +7 more
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Ethno-taxonomy and potential uses of highland bamboo (Oldeania alpina) landraces in Ethiopia
Advances in Bamboo Science, 2023 Highland bamboo (Oldeania alpina) (K. Schum.) Stapleton (syn: Yushania alpina), is a naturally distributed and cultivated species in the south, south-west, central and north-western highlands of Ethiopia.
Berhane Kidane +7 more
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Neotropical Ichthyology, 2022 Fish local knowledge is important to recognize species and contribute to conservation and management strategies. Thus, our aim was to provide diagnostic information for the rapid identification of Mugilidae species in Caeté-Taperaçu Extractive Reserve in
Mayra Nascimento +6 more
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Mercury: the beginnings in the medicalization of common names of medicinal plants in Brazil
Rodriguésia, 2020 Medicalization of common names of medicinal plants is a process that involves replacing popular native names by trademarked names of drugs, active principles or therapeutic indications used by modern biomedicine.
Bruno Vilson Leal Siqueira +3 more
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International Journal of Forestry Research, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020 The perforation plates and vessel‐ray pitting of tropical hardwoods are typical features that make it possible to mark species within a botanical family. This study aims to bring out a consistent and robust framework for a clear distinction through anatomical features among various Ekop woods based on usual nomenclature on trade.
Pierre Paul Mbarga +3 more
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Styles of Farming and Farming Subcultures: Appropriate concepts for Australian rural sociology? [PDF]
, 1998 The general understanding of the farming subculture concept is that the primary motivation of farmers is their notion of good farm management. Such a social construction will vary between different groups of farmers, such as exist in different ...
Howden, P, Mesiti, L, Vanclay, F
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2011 This article deals with the sociocultural construction of the 'insect' and 'animal' domains by the inhabitants of the county of Pedra Branca (municipality of Santa Terezinha, Bahia State, Brazil).
Dídac Santos-Fita +2 more
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Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2019 The roots of medicinal plants are an important part of the traditional Moroccan pharmacopoeia. Several issues of sustainability of this use have been raised. Anacyclus pyrethrum var. pyrethrum is among the medicinal plants that are, according to some, to
Abderrahim Ouarghidi, Abdelaziz Abbad
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An Evaluation of the Contemporary Uses and Cultural Significance of Mammals in Mexico [PDF]
, 2018 We evaluated current uses of wild mammals by indigenous and mestizo communities in Mexico by extracting data from 59 sources published or produced between 1987–2017, covering data from 240 localities and 3,905 questionnaires.
Mendoza, Germán David Mendoza +4 more
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