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Genomic history of coastal societies from eastern South America

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023
AbstractSambaqui (shellmound) societies are among the most intriguing archaeological phenomena in pre-colonial South America, extending from approximately 8,000 to 1,000 years before present (yr bp) across 3,000 km on the Atlantic coast. However, little is known about their connection to early Holocene hunter-gatherers, how this may have contributed to
Ferraz, Tiago, Suarez Villagran, Ximena, Nägele, Kathrin, Radzevičiūtė, Rita, Barbosa Lemes, Renan, Salazar-García, Domingo, Wesolowski, Verônica, Lopes Alves, Marcony, Bastos, Murilo, Rapp Py-Daniel, Anne, Pinto Lima, Helena, Mendes Cardoso, Jéssica, Estevam, Renata, Liryo, Andersen, Guimarães, Geovan, Figuti, Levy, Eggers, Sabine, Plens, Cláudia, Azevedo Erler, Dionne Miranda, Valadares Costa, Henrique Antônio, da Silva Erler, Igor, Koole, Edward, Henriques, Gilmar, Solari, Ana, Martin, Gabriela, Serafim Monteiro da Silva, Sérgio Francisco, Kipnis, Renato, Müller, Letícia Morgana, Ferreira, Mariane, Carvalho Resende, Janine, Chim, Eliane, da Silva, Carlos Augusto, Borella, Ana Claudia, Tomé, Tiago, Müller Plumm Gomes, Lisiane, Barros Fonseca, Diego, Santos da Rosa, Cassia, de Moura Saldanha, João Darcy, Costa Leite, Lúcio, Cunha, Claudia, Viana, Sibeli Aparecida, Ozorio Almeida, Fernando, Klokler, Daniela, Fernandes, Henry Luydy Abraham, Talamo, Sahra, Deblasis, Paulo, Mendonça de Souza, Sheila, de Paula Moraes, Claide, Elias Oliveira, Rodrigo, Hünemeier, Tábita, Strauss, André, Posth, Cosimo   +51 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
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The Crab Hole Mosquito Blues

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) epizoodemics were reported at 6–10-year intervals in northern South America beginning in the 1920s. In 1937, epizootic VEE virus was isolated from infected horse brain and shown as distinct from the North ...
Karl M. Johnson, Douglas F. Antczak, William H. Dietz, David H. Martin, Thomas E. Walton   +4 more
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The Chanka: Archaeological Research in Andahuaylas (Apurimac), Peru [PDF]

, 2010
In AD 1438 a battle took place outside the city of Cuzco that changed the course of South American history. The Chanka, a powerful ethnic group from the Andahuaylas region, had begun an aggressive program of expansion.
Aráoz Silva, Miriam, Bauer, Brian S., Kellett, Lucas C.   +2 more
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Evolution and Biogeography of Haemonchus contortus: Linking Faunal Dynamics in Space and Time [PDF]

, 2016
History is the foundation that informs about the nuances of faunal assembly that are essential in understanding the dynamic nature of the host-parasite interface.
Achi, Agosta, Agosta, Araujo, Balter, Beck, Besier, Boomker, Boomker, Brooks, Brooks, Brooks, Brooks, Brooks, Brooks, Brooks, Budischak, Capinha, Caramelli, Cerutti, Chaudhry, Chessa, Combes, Crofton, Dobson, Durette-Desset, Durette-Desset, Elton, Erwin, Fenton, Fenton, Galbreath, Gatesy, Gibbons, Giudici, Grubb, Halas, Hanotte, Harvell, Hassanin, Haydon, Hernández Fernández, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Hoberg, Holt, Hulme, Hunt, IPCC, IPCC, Jacquiet, Jacquiet, Jacquiet, Janz, Janzen, Klassen, Leignel, Lichtenfels, Lichtenfels, Lichtenfels, Lichtenfels, Loftus, Mas Coma, Morrison, O'Connor, Poulin, Poulin, Prestwood, Rose, Rosenthal, Thompson, Thompson, Troell, Troell, van Dijk, van Dijk, Vrba, Vrba, Vrba, Walker, Waller, Wang, Wilson, Zarlenga, Zarlenga   +96 more
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The Wai Wai Indians of South America: history and genetics

Annals of Human Biology, 1996
Demographic medical and genetic information was obtained in a population of Carib-speaking Wai Wai Indians living in northern Brazil. At present mortality is low and fertility moderate, with a low variance in offspring number in completed families. Mobility is high, but about two-thirds of the unions are endogamic.
S M, Callegari-Jacques, F M, Salzano, T A, Weimer, M H, Franco, M A, Mestriner, M H, Hutz, L, Schüler   +6 more
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‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A revisited history of cacao domestication in pre-Columbian times revealed by archaeogenomic approaches

Scientific Reports
Humans have a long history of transporting and trading plants, contributing to the evolution of domesticated plants. Theobroma cacao originated in the Neotropics from South America.
Claire Lanaud, Hélène Vignes, José Utge, Gilles Valette, Bénédicte Rhoné, Mariella Garcia Caputi, Natalia Sofía Angarita Nieto, Olivier Fouet, Nilesh Gaikwad, Sonia Zarrillo, Terry G. Powis, Ann Cyphers, Francisco Valdez, S. Quirino Olivera Nunez, Camilla Speller, Michael Blake, Fred Jr. Valdez, Scott Raymond, Sarah M. Rowe, Guy S. Duke, Francisco Ernesto Romano, Rey Gaston Loor Solórzano, Xavier Argout   +22 more
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Phylogeography and population genetics of the endemic Malagasy bat, Macronycteris commersoni s.s. (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Macronycteris commersoni (Hipposideridae), a bat species endemic to Madagascar, is widespread across the island and utilizes a range of habitat types including open woodland, degraded habitats, and forested areas from sea level to 1,325 m.
Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo, Steven M. Goodman, M. Corrie Schoeman, Sandi Willows-Munro   +3 more
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Survivors and colonizers: Contrasting biogeographic histories reconciled in the Antarctic freshwater copepod Boeckella poppei

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Two main hypotheses have been proposed to explain the contemporary distribution of Antarctic terrestrial biota. We assess whether the current distribution of maritime Antarctic populations of the freshwater copepod Boeckella poppei is the result of (1) a
Claudia S. Maturana, Claudia S. Maturana, Claudia S. Maturana, Claudia S. Maturana, Elisabeth M. Biersma, Elisabeth M. Biersma, Angie Díaz, Angie Díaz, Angie Díaz, Claudio González-Wevar, Claudio González-Wevar, Claudio González-Wevar, Tamara Contador, Tamara Contador, Tamara Contador, Peter Convey, Peter Convey, Peter Convey, Peter Convey, Jennifer A. Jackson, Elie Poulin, Elie Poulin   +21 more
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