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Activity Budget and Behavioral Patterns of Himalayan Musk Deer in Gaurishankar Conservation Area, Nepal. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The Himalayan Musk Deer (HMD, Moschus leucogaster) is an endangered species that faces threats from habitat loss, illegal hunting, and human activities. Using 25 months of camera trap data (October 2018–March 2023), this study investigated the activity patterns and behavior of HMD in the Lapchi Valley of Nepal's Gaurishankar Conservation Area ...
Bashyal B, Koju NP, Paudel L, Buzzard P, Kyes RC.   +4 more
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Advances in Understanding Adaptive Hemoglobin Concentration at High Altitude. [PDF]

Am J Hum Biol
American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 37, Issue 7, July 2025.
Childebayeva A, Zhu K, Bigham AW.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Expanding Horizons, Deepening Engagement

HIMALAYA
This editorial reflects on a period of institutional growth and editorial transition at HIMALAYA, the journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies.
Michael Timothy Heneise
doaj   +1 more source

Living in the Mycelial World

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
wiley   +1 more source

“Too Much” Sand, Not Water: A Geostory of Himalayan Riverine Sediments as “Problem”

Cultural Anthropology
This article examines how a future about surplus sand entered river-engineering vocabulary as an obstruction to the free flow of Himalayan river systems. It is a historical and ethnographic analysis of sand’s conceptualization as a catastrophic material
Saumya Pandey
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Adaptive Genetic Variation in Black‐and‐White Snub‐Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti): Low Diversity and the Role of Balancing Selection

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
We investigated the adaptive genetic diversity within a population of Rhinopithecus bieti using amplicon sequencing. From 47 individuals, we identified 16 MHC class I sequences, revealing a low level of adaptive genetic variation. Although evidence for balancing selection, including positive selection and trans‐species polymorphism, was observed, these
Fei Long, Mei‐Jing Ying, Tian‐Qi Shi, Paul A. Garber, Ru‐Liang Pan, Jian‐Dong Lai, Zhi‐Pang Huang, Bao‐Guo Li, Pei Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Échange généralisé : consistance et métamorphoses contemporaines d’un carrefour social (confins himalayens de Birmanie)

Moussons
This reflection on the consistency of social crossroads takes as a case study a very specific social organization that is generalized exchange; the position defended here is that it serves as a “holding together” of the heterogenous landscape (Deleuze ...
François Robinne
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Imagining Himalayan Glacial Futures

Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale
Worry for the fate of Himalayan glaciers is prominent in climate change research, and encounters with glacial retreat shape imaginings of future ruination.
Georgina Drew, M. Gergan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

From mammoth to miniature: ‘Model of a summer encampment of the Yakuts’ as a narrative object Du mammouth à la miniature : La maquette de camp d’été des Yakoutes comme objet de narration

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 111-131, March 2026.
Classic anthropological accounts of miniature objects have focused on their spatial and aesthetic dimensions, with more recent work addressing their communicative potential, connections with play, and role in protecting threatened cultural knowledge. This article analyses responses to a miniature landscape model of yhyakh, a festival celebrated in the ...
Alison K. Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Weaponizing Nature, Naturalizing Violence: Anthropologies of Ecofascism

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 224-236, March 2026.
ABSTRACT After decades of denial and obstruction, the global Right is increasingly willing to acknowledge that climate change is a threat to lives and lifeways everywhere. Moreover, some seize on the specter of ecological collapse to advance fascistic politics.
Chloe Ahmann, Mona Bhan, Alexandra Coțofană, Radhika Govindrajan, Julia Leser, Zeynep Oguz, Yuka Suzuki, Noah Theriault   +7 more
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