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"Himalayan Connections" workshop report

, 2013
The interdisciplinary workshop "Himalayan Connections: Disciplines, Geographies, Trajectories", convened by Andrew Quintman (Religious Studies) and Sara Shneiderman (Anthropology), both Yale faculty members as well as core members of the Yale Himalaya ...
Nicolas Sihlé
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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
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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
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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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Human adaptation to high‐altitude: A contemporary comparison of the oxygen cascade in Andean, Tibetan and Ethiopian highlanders

Experimental Physiology, Volume 111, Issue 3, Page 849-865, 1 March 2026.
Abstract Human populations native to high altitude have evolved distinct physiological adaptations to chronic hypoxia. This adaptation is evident in the O2 transport cascade. In this review, with brief inclusion of the related genetic adaptations, we compare the O2 cascade across three well‐characterized high‐altitude populations: Andeans (Aymara and ...
Ayechew A. Getu, Melissa Ilardo, Joshua C. Tremblay, Jay M. J. R. Carr, Vitalie Faoro, Philip N. Ainslie   +5 more
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Indigenous Peoples and local communities report ongoing and widespread climate change impacts on local social-ecological systems

Communications Earth & Environment
The effects of climate change depend on specific local circumstances, posing a challenge for worldwide research to comprehensively encompass the diverse impacts on various local social-ecological systems. Here we use a place-specific but cross-culturally
Victoria Reyes-García, David García-del-Amo, Santiago Álvarez-Fernández, Petra Benyei, Laura Calvet-Mir, André B. Junqueira, Vanesse Labeyrie, Xiaoyue LI, Sara Miñarro, Vincent Porcher, Anna Porcuna-Ferrer, Anna Schlingmann, Christoph Schunko, Ramin Soleymani, Adrien Tofighi-Niaki, Mariam Abazeri, Emmanuel M. N. A. N. Attoh, Ayansina Ayanlade, Julia Vieira Da Cunha Ávila, Daniel Babai, Rodrigo C. Bulamah, Joao Campos-Silva, Rosario Carmona, Julián Caviedes, Rumbidzayi Chakauya, Mouna Chambon, Zhuo Chen, Fasco Chengula, Esther Conde, Aida Cuní-Sanchez, Christophe Demichelis, Evgeniya Dudina, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Eranga K. Galappaththi, Claudia Geffner-Fuenmayor, Drew Gerkey, Marcos Glauser, Eric Hirsch, Tomás Huanca, José Tomás Ibarra, Andrea E. Izquierdo, Leneisja Junsberg, Marisa Lanker, Yolanda López-Maldonado, Juliette Mariel, Giulia Mattalia, Mohamed D. Miara, Miquel Torrents-Ticó, Maedeh Salimi, Aibek Samakov, Reinmar Seidler, Victoria Sharakhmatova, Uttam Babu Shrestha, Alpy Sharma, Priyatma Singh, Tungalag Ulambayar, Rihan Wu, Ibrahim S. Zakari   +57 more
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No longer tracking greenery in high altitudes: Pastoral practices of Rupshu nomads and their implications for biodiversity conservation [PDF]

, 2013
Nomadic pastoralism has thrived in Asia’s rangelands for several millennia by tracking seasonal changes in forage productivity and coping with a harsh climate.
Nicolas Lecomte, Yash Bhatnagar, Joseph L Fox, Yoccoz, Nigel, Singh, Navinder, Navinder J Singh, Singh, Navinder J, Yash Veer Bhatnagar, Fox, Joseph L., Nigel G Yoccoz, Bhatnagar, Yash Veer, Fox, Jeseph L, Lecomte, Nicolas   +12 more
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Born high, born fast: Does highland birth confer a pulmonary advantage for sea level endurance?

Experimental Physiology, Volume 110, Issue 11, Page 1625-1638, November 1, 2025.
Abstract Less than 7% of the world's population live at an altitude above 1500 m. Yet, as many as 67% of medalists in the 2020 men's and women's Olympic marathon, and 100% of medalists in the 2020 men's and women's Olympic 5000 m track race may have been born or raised above this otherwise rare threshold.
Hunter L. Paris, Marissa N. Baranauskas, Keren Constantini, Ren‐Jay Shei, Peyton E. Allen, John R. Jadovitz, Chad C. Wiggins, Cooker Perkins Storm   +7 more
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DEBT AND THE AMERICAN DREAM: The Specter of Debt and Its Invisible Violence among Irregular Migrants from Nepal

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 597-620, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Drawing on research with irregular migrants from Nepal who borrow up to $60,000 to reach the United States, this article explores what I call the invisible slow violence of debt. By focusing on how debt is embodied in cases of spirit possession, tension, and dis‐ease among migrants and their families—the article demonstrates how debt can ...
INA ZHARKEVICH
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Biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 5, Page 1877-1949, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Biological diversity in mountain ecosystems has been increasingly studied over the last decade. This is also the case for mountain soils, but no study to date has provided an overall synthesis of the current state of knowledge. Here we fill this gap with a first global analysis of published research on cryptogams, microorganisms, and fauna in ...
Nadine Praeg, Michael Steinwandter, Davnah Urbach, Mark A. Snethlage, Rodrigo P. Alves, Martha E. Apple, Peter Bilovitz, Andrea J. Britton, Estelle P. Bruni, Ting‐Wen Chen, Kenneth Dumack, Fernando Fernandez‐Mendoza, Michele Freppaz, Beat Frey, Nathalie Fromin, Stefan Geisen, Martin Grube, Elia Guariento, Antoine Guisan, Qiao‐Qiao Ji, Juan J. Jiménez, Stefanie Maier, Lucie A. Malard, Maria A. Minor, Cowan C. Mc Lean, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Thomas Peham, Roberto Pizzolotto, Andy F. S. Taylor, Philippe Vernon, Johan J. van Tol, Donghui Wu, Yunga Wu, Zhijing Xie, Bettina Weber, Paul Illmer, Julia Seeber   +36 more
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