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Female fecundity in highland Papua New Guinea

Biodemography and Social Biology, 1990
Demographers often assume that interpopulation variation in birth spacing is attributable primarily to behavioral differences (e.g., in breastfeeding, coital frequency, or contraceptive practice), and that the contribution of physiological factors is negligible.
P L, Johnson, J W, Wood, M, Weinstein
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Conflict in the New Guinea Highlands

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1982
Forty years after the people were "pacified" by the Australian territorial administration, Simbu (formerly known as Chimbu) Province was placed under a state of emergency. The independent government of Papua New Guinea imposed this to control tribal fighting.
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Highlands Task Force Action Plan: Recommendation to Preserve New Jersey's Highlands

2004
The Highlands is New Jersey's last remaining large expanse of pristine mountain lakes and streams and unbroken forests. The region has long been recognized for its most significant natural resource -- drinking water -- which it supplies to over half of New Jersey.
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Lactation and birth spacing in highland New Guinea

Journal of Biosocial Science, 1985
SummaryThe effects of infant suckling patterns on the post-partum resumption of ovulation and on birth-spacing are investigated among the Gainj of highland New Guinea. Based on hormonal evidence, the median duration of lactational anovulation is 20·4 months, accounting for about 75% of the median interval between live birth and next successful ...
J W, Wood, D, Lai, P L, Johnson, K L, Campbell, I A, Maslar   +4 more
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HLA studies of highland and coastal New Guineans

Human Immunology, 1985
The HLA profile of three New Guinean populations, two Highland (Asaro, Watut), and one Coastal is presented. The Highland populations are characterized by a low average number of alleles segregating at the HLA loci and also by a low mean value of heterozygosity at these loci.
G, Crane, K, Bhatia, M, Honeyman, T, Doran, N, Messel, G, Hakos, D, Tarlinton, D B, Amos, H, Bashir   +8 more
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Oedipus in the New Guinea Highlands?

Ethos, 1990
In the 1974 paper referred to I had discussed male initiation rites among the Bena Bena and suggested it was not necessary to posit Oedipal conflict as part of the explanation (1974:210). Spiro goes on to discuss the "blatant" Oedipal meanings Gilbert Herdt has unearthed for the Sambia (Herdt 1981), citing in some detail the various brutal practices ...
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Recent Theory in Highland New Guinea

American Anthropologist, 2002
Identity Work: Constructing Pacific Lives. Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern. eds. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000. 216 pp.Arrow Talk: Transaction, Transition, and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History. Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2000.
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Highland Peoples of New Guinea.

Man, 1980
Elizabeth Mandeville, Paula Brown
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Rhinoscleroma in the Western highlands of New Guinea

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1966
Abstract An endemic focus of rhinoscleroma in the Western Highlands of New Guinea is reported; 17 cases are presented. The disease has not previously been recorded in New Guinea although it has been well documented in Indonesia (Celebes). A clinical description is outlined which may have slight differences from other rhinoscleromatous areas.
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