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Quantitative methods demonstrate that environment alone is an insufficient predictor of present-day language distributions in New Guinea.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Environmental parameters constrain the distributions of plant and animal species. A key question is to what extent does environment influence human behavior.
Nicolas Antunes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dental crown morphological variation and heterodonty in carcharhiniform sharks

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Elasmobranch teeth are highly mineralized structures that constitute the majority of the fossil record for this group. Despite their taxonomic and evolutionary significance, detailed descriptions of dental morphology remain scarce. The order Carcharhiniformes, the most diverse among sharks, comprises 304 valid species that display remarkable ...
Flávia Zanini, Karla D. A. Soares
wiley   +1 more source

Northeast Asian Linguistic Ecology and the Advent of Rice Agriculture in Korea and Japan

open access: yesRice, 2011
The languages of Northeast Asia show evidence of dispersal from south to north, consistent with the hypothesis that agriculture spread north and east from the vicinity of Liaoning, beginning with the millets approximately 5500 BP. Wet rice agriculture in
J. Whitman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A new species of Lonchidiidae (Hybodontiformes) from the Late Jurassic of Brazil (Aliança Formation, Jatobá Basin)

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Aliança Formation (Jatobá Basin) represents lacustrine deposits formed in oxygenated waters that hosted a diverse fauna, including Hybodontiform sharks. Within this group, the Family Lonchidiidae comprises 11 valid genera, with Parvodus previously reported in Brazilian deposits from the Brejo Santo Formation (Araripe Basin, Late Jurassic ...
Larissa de Souza Ribeiro   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

High School teachers' Experiences in classroom Ecology of Language Teaching: A Study from the Phenomenological Perspective

open access: yesJournal of English Education and Teaching, 2020
The present study aims to look into ecological classroom practices adopted by teachers while teaching English language courses at colleges in Kathmandu, Nepal. The study specifically explains how three high school English teachers in the class felt about
Mani Ram Sharma
doaj   +1 more source

Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

Foxes, hounds, and horses : Who or which? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Writers of English can choose whether to mark a high level of sentience in a nonhuman animal by selecting the word who rather than which. An examination of texts relating to foxhunting on the world wide web showed that, in reference to the nonhuman ...
Gupta, A.F.
core   +1 more source

Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In September 2021, following the global COVID‐19 pandemic, the Department for Education introduced a national standardised digital Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) for all English 4‐year‐old children. We analyse RBA and its associated Quality Monitoring Visits, as a further intensification of the new public management of early years ...
Guy Roberts‐Holmes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Embodied Ecologies and Metafictional Musings: The Limits of Writing Intersex in Middlesex [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Breu critiques the limits of the intersex narrative of Middlesex and advocates for a non-reductive, materialist, and “muddled” approach to understanding sex and ...
Breu, Christopher
core   +1 more source

Good Fences: The Importance of Setting Boundaries for Peaceful Coexistence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We consider the conditions of peace and violence among ethnic groups, testing a theory designed to predict the locations of violence and interventions that can promote peace.
Bar-Yam, Shlomiya   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

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