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A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Significant East Asian Affinity of the Sichuan Hui Genomic Structure Suggests the Predominance of the Cultural Diffusion Model in the Genetic Formation Process. [PDF]

Front Genet, 2021
Liu Y, Yang J, Li Y, Tang R, Yuan D, Wang Y, Wang P, Deng S, Zeng S, Li H, Chen G, Zou X, Wang M, He G.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Breathing in Plants and Chaos—Cosmic Tree Events in Cameroon and Beyond

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contemporary practices of tapping into the wisdom of ancestral trees are described through three entangled recent events lived within the context of Bantu practices in Cameroon. In the three instances, the steered or chance encounters with high potency trees were serendipitous telling moments which brought something new to the horizon.
Julie Laplante, Armel Lekeufack, Nina Tamara Barbosa Ponce, Roger Amos Kañaa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic and linguistic landscapes of Gansu-Qinghai populations. [PDF]

Fundam Res
Chen H, Huang H, Zhao B, Jiang Y, Xu M, Qiu L, Sun J, Ye Y, Yao H, Jia X, Sun K, Shen J, Li H, Xu D, Wang CC, Wen S.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Automating Archaeological Discovery: Assessing Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Tools for Stone Wall Identification in Kweneng, South Africa

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The discovery of archaeological sites traditionally entails the utilisation of physically demanding exploration methodologies, including terrain surveying and the analysis of historical records. Recent technological developments have led to an increased use of non‐invasive remote sensing techniques, including Google Earth, LiDAR and aerial ...
Mncedisi J. Siteleki
wiley   +1 more source

Disentangling complex language contact and admixture in the broad Gansu-Qinghai region. [PDF]

Fundam Res
Jin H, Yang S, Tao Y, Yang C, Sun W, Linguistic Silk Road Research Consortium, Xu D, Zhang M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Children's Constructive Play as Materialised Memory Practice

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how memory becomes entangled with materials in children's constructive play. Using visual ethnography, elicitation interviews and Visual Network Analysis with a 15‐year‐old Mongolian child living in Finland, the findings reveal that memory is not a fixed recollection of the past but a relational, non‐linear process enacted ...
Sinyoung Kim, Kristiina Kumpulainen
wiley   +1 more source

Ancient DNA reveals the prehistory of the Uralic and Yeniseian peoples. [PDF]

Nature
Zeng TC, Vyazov LA, Kim A, Flegontov P, Sirak K, Maier R, Lazaridis I, Akbari A, Frachetti M, Tishkin AA, Ryabogina NE, Agapov SA, Agapov DS, Alekseev AN, Boeskorov GG, Derevianko AP, Dyakonov VM, Enshin DN, Fribus AV, Frolov YV, Grushin SP, Khokhlov AA, Kiryushin KY, Kiryushin YF, Kitov EP, Kosintsev P, Kovtun IV, Makarov NP, Morozov VV, Nikolaev EN, Rykun MP, Savenkova TM, Shchelchkova MV, Shirokov V, Skochina SN, Sherstobitova OS, Slepchenko SM, Solodovnikov KN, Solovyova EN, Stepanov AD, Timoshchenko AA, Vdovin AS, Vybornov AV, Balanovska EV, Dryomov S, Hellenthal G, Kidd K, Krause J, Starikovskaya E, Sukernik R, Tatarinova T, Thomas MG, Zhabagin M, Callan K, Cheronet O, Fernandes D, Keating D, Candilio F, Iliev L, Kearns A, Özdoğan KT, Mah M, Micco A, Michel M, Olalde I, Zalzala F, Mallick S, Rohland N, Pinhasi R, Narasimhan VM, Reich D.   +70 more
europepmc   +1 more source

An ‘Un-known and Unbridled People’: Vardan Arewelc‘i’s Colophon on the Mongols

, 2014
The article provides a detailed analysis of a colophon written about Mongols, their origin and their religion in 1248 by the Armenian theologian, monastic teacher, and religious leader Vardan Arewelc‘i.
openaire   +1 more source

Yakut algys in the spotlight of folklore traditions of Turkic and Mongol people of Siberia

Novye Issledovaniâ Tuvy, 2015
Review to: Yefimova L.S. Algys of Sakha (Yakut) people in the spotlight of folklore traditions of Turkic and Mongol people of Siberia: classification and general characteristics. Novosibirsk: SIF "Nauka”, 2013. 178 P.
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