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The demic diffusion of Han culture into the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau inferred from ancient genomes. [PDF]

open access: yesNatl Sci Rev
Zhu K   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Riding the monsoon: Geography and Iron Age trade in the Indian Ocean

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper exploits ancient textual sources to develop a database of ancient trade in the Indian Ocean and model trade in the region during the Iron Age. Wind‐speed data are used to construct a gravity model of trade and are combined with detailed textual data from the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea to analyse historical development trends in ...
Conrad Copeland
wiley   +1 more source

Rocks and clay: Potters' technological choices within the cultural dynamics of Bronze Age Kazakhstan. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Doumani Dupuy PN   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prey Capture Outside of the Web? Observational Evidence of a Novel Form of Prey Capture in a Cave Orb Web Spider

open access: yesEthology, EarlyView.
It is currently not known how the European cave orb spider Meta menardi (d) catches the non‐flying prey, which makes up approximately half of its diet. Our observations in winter and summer from caves in the United Kingdom offer support to the radius tripwire hypothesis (a) over the off‐web hunting hypothesis (b) and the prey slip hypothesis (c ...
Thomas Hesselberg, Emily Brannigan
wiley   +1 more source

Parenting as contested practice between experts, audiences, and selves: An introduction

open access: yesEthos, EarlyView.
Abstract Interrogating what constitutes “good parenting” captures and reflects multiple debates within and across different societies, milieus, and power constellations. In this Special Issue, Contested Parenting. Experts, Audiences, Selves, we bring together seven articles and a commentary that tackle how people move through the labyrinth of diverse ...
Heike Drotbohm, Konstanze N'Guessan
wiley   +1 more source

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