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The intertwined fate of agriculture and human expansion: Gaps and solutions for scalable space crop systems

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 433-438, March 2026.
As humanity prepares for sustained life beyond Earth, developing resilient, resource‐efficient food systems is essential. This research outlines a strategic roadmap for scalable space agriculture, addressing key challenges in crop resilience, substrate performance, and autonomous life‐support integration.
Rafael Loureiro, Andrew Palmer
wiley   +1 more source

Kola Peninsula Neolithic

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей
The archaeology of the Kola Peninsula is related to the archaeology of neighboring regions. The Early Neolithic (~5.3–4 millennia BC) is characterized by the Säräisniemi 1 ceramics of the two Varzina and Chavanga variants and the Pit-Comb, bifacial stone
Evgeniy M. Kolpakov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ontological polyglossia: the art of communicating in opacity* Polyglossie ontologique : l'art de communiquer dans l'opacité

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 293-312, March 2026.
What do communicating with a baby, with an animal, and with an ancestor have in common? In all three cases, people engage in opaque communication that is far from the standard psycholinguistic model of transparent interaction based on shared intentionality.
Charles Stépanoff
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring up: an afterword

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 159-166, March 2026.
Abstract Towards the end of their Introduction, the editors of this special issue suggest that a principal challenge in ethnographic description is ‘how to measure the measures of others’. It is their own measure of persons, say, or of transactions, on which anthropologists frequently draw in adjudicating social phenomena, not least when characterizing
Marilyn Strathern
wiley   +1 more source

Nightmare egalitarianism: Commensuration, autonomy, and imagination Le cauchemar de l’égalitarisme : commensuration, autonomie et imagination

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 7-27, March 2026.
Egalitarianism is often idealized, but many anthropologists have noted its potential for nightmare scenarios involving envy, mistrust, and violence. This introduction outlines a framework for understanding the negative emotions and violence associated with the forces of commensuration that are necessary to make people equal.
Natalia Buitron   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural and Chronological Complexes of the Zolotaya Pad I Campsite in the Lower Kama Region

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей
The article deals with the materials of one of the multilayer settlement sites, the Zolotaya Pad I campsite located in the Lower Kama region. The materials of the site trace back several stages of its functioning.
Anton V. Shipilov
doaj   +1 more source

Near Urban Living: Çatalhöyük and the Late Neolithic Megasites

open access: yesNorwegian Archaeological Review, 2016
To investigate the city is therefore a way of examining the enigmas of the world and our existence.
openaire   +2 more sources

Reframing the Chipped Edge: Combining Materiality, Ontology, and Embodiment to Rethink Stone Tool‐Making and Human Conscious Behavior in the Paleolithic Past

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT Combining different theoretical frameworks can lead to new insights into the role of material things in shaping human experience in the Paleolithic period. This paper first presents a historical review of three theoretical approaches in archaeology, anthropology, and the philosophy of mind: Material culture and materiality studies, the ...
Bar Efrati
wiley   +1 more source

Sourcing obsidian from prehistoric sites in northwest Romania

open access: yesMateriale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2018
Portable X‐ ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (pXRF) was used to reveal the chemical signatures of 75 obsidian artefacts from seven sites in the Satu Mare region, ranging in age from Early Neolithic (late Starčevo‐ Criș culture) to Late Copper Age.
Boroneanț, A.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harmony or Disharmony? The Effect of Organized Industrial Zones on Urban Development/Growth: The Case of Bursa

open access: yesGrowth and Change, Volume 57, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT The historical timing and spatial configuration of industrialization shape urban development. While early industrial cities such as Manchester and Chicago integrated industrial districts into their metropolitan form during the initial stages of urban growth, cities like Bursa encountered industrialization later, producing distinct spatial ...
Merve Dilman Gokkaya, Yalcin Yildirim
wiley   +1 more source

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