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Abstract Analysis of the variation in the bony structures of the inner and middle ear provides critical insights into functional morphology, as well as adaptive morphology across primates. In this study, we investigated whether ear morphology patterns are related to the ecological characteristics of species and their habitats to test two acoustic ...
Myriam Marsot +4 more
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Historical anthropology of Shahsun nomads of Iran
Nomads are a group whose axis of social communication is organized based on relative, causal, real, or ideal kinship. Shahsun lived in parts of northwestern Iran, especially Mughan and Ardabil.
Péter Gaál-Szabó, Mortaza Feridouni
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Abstract A subadult Moschognathus whaitsi from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, was scanned using synchrotron radiation X‐ray computed tomography (SRXCT). Its subadult state allowed the cranial bones and teeth to be identified and individually reconstructed in 3D.
Tristen Lafferty +3 more
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What determines protection of property rights ? An analysis of direct and indirect effects [PDF]
Using cross-country data, the authors evaluate historical determinants of protection of property rights. They examine four historical theories that focus on conceptually distinct causal variables believed to shape institutions: legal origin, endowments ...
Ayyagari, Meghana +2 more
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Where did anthropology go?: or the need for 'human nature' [PDF]
I was recently asked the question: “Where did anthropology go? ” by a psycholinguist from a famous American university. She was commenting on the fact that she had tried to establish contact with the anthropology department of her institution, hoping ...
Bloch, Maurice
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From Völkerpsychologie to Cultural Anthropology: Erich Rothacker’s Philosophy of Culture [PDF]
Erich Rothacker (1888–1965) was a key figure in early-twentieth-century philosophy in Germany. In this paper, I examine the development of Rothacker’s philosophy of culture from 1907 to 1945.
Steizinger, Johannes
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The Mind of the Nation: The Debate about Völkerpsychologie, 1851-1900 [PDF]
Völkerpsychologie or ‘folk psychology’ has a bad reputation amongst historians. It is either viewed as a pseudo-science not worth studying in detail, or considered a ‘failure’ since, in contrast to sociology, psychology, and anthropology, it never ...
Klautke, E
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Abstract Dinosaurs evolved a unique respiratory system with air sacs that contributed to their evolutionary success. Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity (PSP) has been used to infer the presence of air sac systems in some fossil archosaurs. While unambiguous evidence of PSP is well documented in pterosaurs and post‐Carnian saurischians, it remains absent
Tito Aureliano +3 more
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Formas de dominação sobre o indígena na fronteira amazônica: Alto Solimões, de 1650 a 1910
Via de regra, é muito secundária e limitada a função desempenhada pela investigação histórica em estudos etnológicos. Ao invés disso, procuro aproximar as duas disciplinas, mostrando a pluralidade de formas que o indígena assumiu ao longo da história do ...
João Pacheco de Oliveira
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Décoloniser l’histoire occidentale : Les naissances politiques de l’anthropologie historique
One wonders why Jacques Le Goff has used the term anthropology instead of ethnology or ethno-history which could equally reflect his intellectual approach.
Misgav Har-Peled
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