Ancient DNA and spatial modeling reveal a pre-Inca trans-Andean parrot trade. [PDF]
Nat CommunOlah G +5 more
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Remnant Case Forms and Patterns of Syncretism in Early West Germanic
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Early stages of the Old West Germanic languages differ from the other two branches, Gothic and Norse, by showing remnants of a fifth case in a‐ and ō‐stem nouns. The forms in question, which have the ending ‐i or ‐u, are conventionally labelled ‘instrumental’ and cover a range of functions, such as instrument, means, comitative and locative ...
Will Thurlwell
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Photobleaching shapes the expression of plumage phenotypes. [PDF]
Biol OpenGalván I +3 more
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Cuttings, Combings, Fettlings and Flock: Gender and Australian Wool ‘Waste’, 1900–1950
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As Australia's wool industry produced vast amounts of fine fleece from the nineteenth century, the wool processing and clothes manufacturing industries generated waste – products like cuttings, combings, fettlings and flock. Salvaged and then sold to waste merchants, these and other materials had a second life.
Lorinda Cramer
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Pathological Findings in Two Events of Illegal Hunting of Atlantic Cory's Shearwater (<i>Calonectris borealis</i>) from the Canary Islands. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Navarro-Sarmiento J +5 more
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The Ties That Rhyme: Duality in Symbolic and Structural Networks of Grime Music
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Do birds of a feather really sing together? Musicians face two competing pressures in the pursuit of success: conforming to genre norms to meet audience expectations and distinguishing themselves to attract the attention of listeners. These opposing logics may shape how artists choose their collaborators.
Tom R. Leppard, Andrew P. Davis
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Insights into the mechanism underlying feather pattern formation of sex-linked barring in Chinese native chickens. [PDF]
Poult SciXue Q +7 more
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations
Insect Science, EarlyView.This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Estimating Ancestral States of Complex Characters: A Case Study on the Evolution of Feathers. [PDF]
Syst BiolCockx P, Benton MJ, Keating JN.
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