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Capacity and limitations of US wild meat donation programmes

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Historically, sharing of wild harvests to facilitate food security followed concepts of kin selection and reciprocal altruism. However, cultural shifts have reduced access to foods for some populations in modern times. Cultural altruism through sustainably harvested wild meat donation programmes (WDPs) can reduce food and nutritional ...
David S. Mason, Mark E. Bell, Kenneth F. Kellner, Chad M. Stewart, Jerrold L. Belant   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Computer Modelling and Virtual Reality to Explore the Ideological Dimensions of Thule Whalebone Architecture in Arctic Canada

Internet Archaeology, 2005
Arctic archaeologists have long suspected that the whalebones used to construct semi-subterranean winter houses by Thule culture peoples were symbolically resonant.
Peter C. Dawson, Richard Levy
doaj   +1 more source

Mitochondrial genome diversity on the Central Siberian Plateau with particular reference to the prehistory of northernmost Eurasia

, 2021
Stanislav Dryomov, Azhar M. Nazhmidenova, Elena B. Starikovskaya, Sofia A. Shalaurova, Nadin Rohland, Swapan Mallick, Rebecca Bernardos, А. П. Деревянко, David Reich, R. I. Sukernik   +9 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Social and cultural considerations for the restoration of ‘lost’ tree species: The fall and rise of elm

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Attempts to address biodiversity loss have led to ecosystem and species restoration efforts. Tree species restoration is particularly relevant because of increasing threats from pests and pathogens. However, there are different notions of ‘loss’, as well as sociocultural considerations, including social acceptability, which are often neglected
Fritha West, Rehema M. White, Althea L. Davies, Richard Buggs, Mariella Marzano   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Macrolithic tools for mining and primary processing of metal ores from the site of Grotta della Monaca (Calabria, Italy)

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2016
Grotta della Monaca is a karst cave located in Calabria, the southernmost region of the Italian peninsula. About half a kilometre deep, the cavern has drawn the attention of people since the Palaeolithic period due to the abundance of metal ores within ...
Francesco Breglia, Isabella Caricola, Felice Larocca   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smart Cut Transfer of Wide‐Bandgap Materials: The Case of Diamond

physica status solidi (a), EarlyView.
Adapting the Smart Cut process to diamond unlocks a new pathway for engineering ultrahard materials. Through controlled ion implantation and fracture along a buried sp²‐rich layer, thin transferred diamond films are obtained with preserved crystalline quality.
Julie Widiez, Jérémie Chrétien, Cédric Masante, Pierrick Gilles, Jose Carlo Piñero, Frédéric Milesi, Daniel Fernández, Fernando Lloret, Lucas Colonel, Frédéric Mazen, Daniel Araujo, Lucie Le Van‐Jodin   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Was the Inca Economy Based on “Protomoney”? Or, Why Accounting Systems Should Not Be Conflated With Concepts of Exchange Value

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The khipu knotted string records in the ancient Andes were accounting systems, but they did not indicate any concepts of commensurability or exchange value. They were not incipient money; instead, monetized commerce appears to have predated the economic organization of the Inca society. The article begins by tracing the emergence of coinage in
Alf Hornborg
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Pathology: α‐Synuclein Homeostasis and Three Principles to Guide Research

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Alberto J. Espay, Andrew J. Lees
wiley   +1 more source

A reappraisal of the Middle to Later Stone Age prehistory of Morocco Réévaluer la préhistoire du Maroc, du Middle Stone Age au Later Stone Age

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Over the last 25 years, perceptions of the early prehistory of Northwest Africa have undergone radical changes due to new fieldwork projects and a corresponding growth in scientific interest in the region. Much of this work has been focused in Morocco, known for its extremely rich fossil and archaeological records in caves and rock shelters.
Nick Barton, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, Stacy Carolin, Louise Humphrey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

L’art rupestre de style dit « arabo-éthiopien » et l’école de Chabbè-Galma

Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2003
Recent discoveries in Ethiopia, Arabia and Yemen lead us to reconsider the « Arabo-Ethiopian » style coined by Henri Breuil, Paolo Graziosi and Pavel Cervícek, and to define a new « Chabbè-Galma » school of petroglyphs, specific to Ethiopia.
Jean-Loïc Le Quellec
doaj   +1 more source