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Genetic variation at hair length candidate genes in elephants and the extinct woolly mammoth [PDF]

, 2009
Background Like humans, the living elephants are unusual among mammals in being sparsely covered with hair. Relative to extant elephants, the extinct woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, had a dense hair cover and extremely long hair, which likely were
Alex D Greenwood, Alfred L Roca, Gennady Boeskorov, Kristin Stewardson, Michele Tisdale, Nikolas Nikolaidis, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Shannon Hensley, Stephen Fratpietro, Yasuko Ishida   +9 more
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The Tower of Babel in science communication on social media: An analysis of linguistic diversity in Twitter mentions of scientific publications

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 11, Page 1431-1451, November 2025.
Abstract To unravel the linguistic dynamics of science communication on social media, this study presents a large‐scale, cross‐disciplinary analysis of language use in over 21 million Twitter mentions of 6.7 million scientific publications. While English dominates—accounting for 90.8% of all mentions and serving as a bridging language for the ...
Yanqing Zhang, Zhichao Fang
wiley   +1 more source

The “Tambla” (Humuya) Gomphothere (Honduras): The first report of fossil vertebrates in Central America El Gonfoterio de “Tambla” (Humuya , Honduras): El primer registro de un vertebrado fósil en América Central

Revista Geológica de América Central, 2011
In 1858, American geologist Joseph LeConte published the first scientific report of vertebrate fossils (mastodon, bison and horse) from Central America a brief record of a “mastodon bed” near the old village of Tamblain Honduras.
Spencer G Lucas, Mark Bonta, Robert Rogers, Guillermo E Alvarado   +3 more
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Joyce’s “Force” and His Tuskers as Modern Animals

Humanities, 2017
Focusing on those animals that have been overlooked in reading Joyce’s work opens up new perspectives for understanding his writing. One of his earliest essays, “Force” (1898), written at the age of sixteen, shows his so far unexplored concern about the ...
Yoshimi Minamitani
doaj   +1 more source

The Seeley Mastodon: A Paleo-Indian Kill? [PDF]

, 1983
The discovery of a partial skeleton of a mastodon on the Boudinot Seeley farm, Austinburg Township, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in 1878, is reviewed as a possible Paleo-Indian kill site. Early accounts, particularly that by Stephen D.
Murphy, James L., 1941-
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Making vertebrate fossil radiocarbon dates more useful for global scientific research

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 1309-1335, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Radiocarbon dating of bones is essential for reconstructing timelines of species' occurrences, domestication, extinction, migrations, and interactions with Quaternary environments. Many studies compile these chronologies at continental to global scales by aggregating radiocarbon dates from various sources, often balancing data quantity and ...
Salvador Herrando‐Pérez, Thomas W. Stafford Jr.   +1 more
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Reader's Response: Is there a Mastodon in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Room?

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2007
A response to Pat Hutchings’, “Theory: The Elephant in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Room,” International Journal on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Volume 1, Number 1 (January 2007).
Lewis Elton
doaj   +1 more source

Deep Canyon‐Upwellings in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea in Contrast With Open Oceans

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 11, November 2025.
Abstract Deep upwellings, linked to wind‐driven surface upwellings and the associated along‐slope circulation, have been observed for the first time in the Cassidaigne canyon, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea, at depths up to 1,600 m. It contrasts with previous oceanic observations and modeling, which restrained this process in the canyon head, at a few ...
L. Brun, P. Garreau, I. Pairaud, R. Silva Jacinto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sporormiella as a tool for detecting the presence of large herbivores in the Neotropics [PDF]

, 2016
The reliability of using the abundance of Sporormiella spores as a proxy for the presence and abundance of megaherbivores was tested in southern Brazil. Mud-water interface samples from nine lakes, in which cattle-use was categorized as high, medium, or ...
ABSY ML, Alexandra M. Folcik, APTROOT A, AUGUSTINE DJ, BAKER AG, BAKKER ES, BARNOSKY AD, BORRERO LA, BURNEY DA, COLINVAUX P.A., COLINVAUX PA, COLINVAUX PA, Crystal H. McMichael, DAVIS OK, DAVIS OK, DAVIS OK, DOUGHTY CE, ETIENNE D, FAEGRI K, FROYD CA, GELMAN A, GILL JL, GILL JL, GILL JL, GILL JL, GOODLAND R, GRAYSON DK, JOHNSON CN, JOHNSON CN, JOHNSON CN, LEDRU M.-P, LEDRU ML, MACFADDEN BJ, MACPHEE RDE, Marco Felipe Raczka, Mark B. Bush, MARTIN PS, MARTIN PS, MARTIN PS, MCNAUGHTON SJ, MILLER GH, MORELLATO LPC, PARKER NE, RAPER D, RAUP D.M, RAUP DM, RIPPLE W.J, ROBINSON GS, SMITH FA, STOCKMARR J, VAN GEEL B, WEBB SD, WOOD JR   +52 more
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SURF's Mastodon Pilot

, 2023
This presentation outlines the pilot that the Dutch NREN, SURF, has been running on Mastodon. It was first presented during the meeting of the Special Interest Group on Marketing and Communications at TNC23.
Mutfy, Wladimir, Walk, Lonneke
openaire   +1 more source