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The Geographical Distribution of Lactose Tolerance‐Associated Alleles 13910*T and 13915*G Is Strongly Linked to Male Founder Events in Eurasia

American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 38, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Lactose tolerance (lactase persistence) represents a very progressive human adaptation, the origins of which remain incompletely understood. This study aims to examine the geographical distribution of the two alleles associated with lactose tolerance in Eurasia (13910*T and 13915*G) in relation to the main Y haplogroups and autosomal ancestry ...
Pavel Grasgruber
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Shades of empire: Evidence from Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian partitions in the Baltics

The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 342-376, February 2026.
Abstract In this study, we explore the long‐run effects of Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian imperial legacies in the Baltic region. Using a robust regression discontinuity design, we identify persistent differences in socio‐economic development across the South Livonia–Courland and the South Livonia–Lettgallia borders that emerged as a result of the ...
Theocharis N. Grigoriadis, Alise Vitola
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Drivers of Return Plans Among Ukrainian War Refugees in Czechia: Challenging Common Assumptions and Refining the Theory

Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines return plans of forcibly displaced persons from Ukraine in Czechia, which has one of the highest relative shares of Ukrainian refugees in population. It draws on data from two rounds of cross‐sectional surveys conducted in 2022 (N = 1037) and 2023 (N = 350), including a panel subsample (N = 116). Using exploratory network
Josef Novotný, Anna Levkova, Dušan Drbohlav, Jiří Hasman   +3 more
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AC1-MISC15 - Romanian, Bulgarian & Macedonian

Side 1: *Lessons in Romanian Side 2: *Readings in Bulgarian and Macedonian from De Bray's 'Guide to the Slavonic Languages' AIATSIS identifier: 16777 .

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Human Evolution in Backwaters, Satellites, and Republics: How Political Change Impacts Paleoanthropology in a Shifting Landscape of Winners and Losers

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 188, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Objectives Paleoanthropology has been slow to adopt postcolonial frameworks to assess the validity of interpretations of human origins. This blind spot is made worse when we consider that postcolonial critique is often inappropriate for post‐communist spaces.
Michelle Glantz, Davorka Radovčić
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On the natural border: A bio‐geo‐political reading

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 50, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract This article engages in a critical analysis of the concept of the natural border. It highlights its inherently biopolitical nature by exploring how it intersects with biology, history and geography. In the last decades, critical border studies have deeply questioned the naturality of borders.
Matteo Proto, Francesco Buscemi
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Making vertebrate fossil radiocarbon dates more useful for global scientific research

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 1309-1335, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Radiocarbon dating of bones is essential for reconstructing timelines of species' occurrences, domestication, extinction, migrations, and interactions with Quaternary environments. Many studies compile these chronologies at continental to global scales by aggregating radiocarbon dates from various sources, often balancing data quantity and ...
Salvador Herrando‐Pérez, Thomas W. Stafford Jr.   +1 more
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The words of the New Testament in Romanian and European space from the first utterance of the apostles to the present day

Forum Theologicum Sardicense
Fr. Ion-Sorin Bora, The Words of the New Testament in Romanian and European Space from the First Utterance of the Apostles to the Present Day. The words of the Holy Scripture are deeply embedded in Romanian vocabulary, particularly within the context of ...
Fr. Ion-Sorin Bora
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The Role of Contact in Explaining Linguistic Convergence1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 479-513, November 2025.
Abstract In this paper, I explore the question of how linguistic convergence emerges and what the role of contact might be. My case study is the spread of headed relative clauses built around wh‐relative markers in the Standard Average European languages.
Nikolas Gisborne
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Slavonic Historical Writing in South-Eastern Europe, 1200–1600

, 2018
This chapter considers the period from 1200 to 1600 because social and political realities of Southeastern Europe delineate such a delayed chronology. The latter term, beginning in the seventeenth century, marks the end of those medieval societies who ...
Petre Guran
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