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American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2007 Mummies are human remains with preservation of nonbony tissue. Mummification by natural influences results in so-called natural mummies, whereas mummification induced by active (human) intervention results in so-called artificial mummies, although many cultures practiced burial rites, which to some degree involved both natural and artificial ...
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Too small to be noticed? Children mummies reveal they stories
Journal of Biological Research, 2021 The study of sub-adult remains, either skeletal or mummified, has been always a fairly neglected subject of bioarchaeology. Regarding mummified subadult remains, it mainly seems that fascinating stories (i.e., mountain sacrifice mummies) are usually ...
Chryssi Bourbou
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Combining lacewings and parasitoids for biological control of foxglove aphids in sweet pepper [PDF]
, 2016 The role of natural enemy diversity in biological pest control has been debated in many studies, and understanding how interactions amongst predators and parasitoids affect herbivore populations is crucial for pest management.
Messelink, Gerben J., Rocca, Margarita
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Diagnosing ancient Diphyllobothriasis from Chinchorro mummies
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 Diphyllobothrium pacificum has been reported as a human parasite from coprolites and skeletons in Peru and Chile. Our analysis of Chinchorro mummies from Chile provides the oldest evidence of D. pacificum directly associated with human mummies.
Karl Reinhard, Otto Urban
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The Distribution of Natural Enemies of the Corn Leaf Aphid (Homoptera: Aphdidae) on Field Corn [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) The corn leaf aphid (CLA), Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch), is found on field corn in the midwest Cnited States each year. Except for infrequent and scattered outbreaks, CLA populations remain at low levels. Injury to corn occurs during tasseling (
Ruesink, W. G, Wagner, S. W
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Preventive Conservation of the Kabayan Mummies: Surveying and Environmental Monitoring to Save the Mummies [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesThe Kabayan mummies are culturally important to the indigenous Ibaloi peoples of Benguet, the Philippines. Within the last several decades, these mummies have increasingly begun to deteriorate.
F. D. L. P. Reyes +3 more
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Burials of Pazyryk Culture: Social Differentiations
Oriental Studies, 2020 Introduction. Specialists dealing with the Pazyryk culture keep posing questions about its social structure. Traditionally, scholars ― with due account of outer parameters of kurgans, depths and areas of graves, numbers of buried horses, quantities and
Maria A. Ochir-Goryaeva
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Parasitism, Adult Emergence, Sex Ratio, and Size of \u3ci\u3eAphidius Colemani\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) on Several Aphid Species [PDF]
, 2017 Aphidius colemani Viereck parasitizes several economically important aphid pests of small grain crops including the greenbug, Schizaphis graminum and the Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia. The ability of A. colemani to switch from S.
Burd, J. D +4 more
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Studies on protozoa in ancient remains - A Review
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013 Paleoparasitological research has made important contributions to the understanding of parasite evolution and ecology. Although parasitic protozoa exhibit a worldwide distribution, recovering these organisms from an archaeological context is still ...
Liesbeth Frías +2 more
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Egyptian and Middle Eastern mummies in public museums outside Egypt
Journal of Biological Research, 2005 The issue of this work is to locate the collections of Egyptian and Middle Eastern mummies around the world. To do so, we have taken contact with several museums around the world (we can mention the British Museum, the Louvre, the Smithsonian Institution,
Charbel El-Bcherauoi +2 more
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