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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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Peregrine, Peter. N. & Ember, Melvin. Encyclopedia of Prehistory
, 2009 Estéban Álvarez Fernández
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Neem (Azadirachta indica): prehistory to contemporary medicinal uses to humankind.
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2013 Venugopalan Santhosh Kumar +1 more
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Clustering crocodylian dental morphology: Insights into functional adaptations, diet, and ontogeny
Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.Extant crocodylians may be divided into five clusters based on the residuals of four linear dental measurements (y‐axes) and their variation along the jaw (x‐axes). These clusters correlate to snout shape, prey preference, and feeding ecology, particularly prey size and the degree of processing necessary. Multiple families and subfamilies were found in
Jason J. Testin, Domenic C. D'Amore
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Molecular Ecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Seed production on native seed farms has increased to meet the rising demand for plant material for restoration. Although these propagation efforts are necessary for restoration, cultivating wild populations may also result in unintentional selection and elicit evolutionary changes that mimic crop domestication, essentially turning these ...
Julie R. Etterson +3 more
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Isotopic insights from carpological remains: One of the first datasets for the Italian Bronze age. [PDF]
Data BriefCortese F +10 more
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The cognitive role of concept variability
Mind &Language, EarlyView.I present and defend concept variability, the view that concepts can admit of indefinitely many variations and changes in their representational contents without thereby losing their identity. I argue that the variability of concepts is central to their role in enabling cognition, and thus that a concept's content variability is, despite philosophical ...
Alnica Visser
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