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No Future, No Children; or No Children, No Future? Or Neither? Reproductive Reluctance as a Form of Adaptation to Climate Change Futures

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, Volume 192, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract Recent years have seen a steady rise in narratives of pronatalism and demographic anxiety, while younger people are increasingly expressing reluctance to have children for reasons related to climate change. This commentary argues that geography and geographers have much to contribute to imagining, researching and building alternative ...
Matilda Fitzmaurice
wiley   +1 more source

Paleoanthropology in Hokkaidô

open access: yesThe Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu), 1974
Recent archeological investigations in Hokkaido have shown that while the prehistoric culture in the southwestern part of the island was closely related with that in the northern part of Honshu throughout the Jomon and epi-Jomon Periods, those in the central and northeastern parts of the island comprised various elements quite alien from Japanese Jomon
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Quadrate orientation and joint reaction force underwent correlated evolution during suchian evolution

open access: yesJournal of Anatomy, Volume 248, Issue 6, Page 890-901, June 2026.
The quadrate is the cranial bone of the nonmammalian jaw joint. The quadrate has long been hypothesized to mirror the direction of joint reaction forces (JRF) during feeding. This study uses 3D biomechanical modeling to reveal a striking evolutionary link between quadrate orientation and JRF direction, unlocking new insights into the dynamic forces ...
Kaleb C. Sellers   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparison of Molar Morphology from Extant Cercopithecid Monkeys and Pliocene Parapapio from Makapansgat, South Africa Using Elliptical Fourier Analysis

open access: yes, 2019
To determine whether the size and shape of Parapapio molars are similar to closely related cercopithecid taxa including Cercocebus and Papio and different from more distantly related Colobus, three first permanent maxillary molar molds of Parapapio (MP77
Kim, Alexander Chil
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Cortical bone asymmetry in La Ferrassie Neandertals and modern human thumbs revealsoccupational stress patterns

open access: yes
International audienceThe transformation of our environment is facilitated by the use of our hands. This interaction, guided by muscularcoordination, was crucial during the Paleolithic period for the creation of the first lithic tools, which transformed ...
Karakostis, Fotios Alexandros   +5 more
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Facetten der Osteologie

open access: yes
Bones represent a fascinating medium that has accompanied mankind in many forms since time immemorial, be it as a raw material, as an object of religious worship or as an object in art and culture.

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Did Morality First Evolve in Homo erectus?

open access: yesZagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce, 2016
With findings from cognitive science, neuroscience, information science, and paleoanthropology, an anthropologist and astronomer-priest team take a new look at the nature of morality, and suggest parameters that are often very different from the ...
Margaret Boone Rappaport   +1 more
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The Revolutionary Bone Hunter: Mary Leakey, the Real Scientist Who Developed Paleoanthropology

open access: yes
This paper examines the life and groundbreaking contributions of the underrecognized Dr. Mary Leakey to the field of paleoanthropology. This paper focuses on Mary\u27s role in reshaping the understanding of human evolution.
Ledbetter, Courtney Rose
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Footwear impacts the trabecular architecture of the medial column of the human foot [PDF]

open access: yes
Farrell, Hannah N.; orcid:   +2 more
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Paleolithic Punctuations and Equilibria: Did Retention Rather Than Invention Limit Technological Evolution? [Elektronisk resurs]

open access: yes, 2011
Although the ability to add knowledge and the ability to retain knowledge are both (trivially) preconditions of cumulative evolution, the latter has so far been largely neglected in cultural evolution.
Andersson, Claes,
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