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The Evolution of Social Contracts [PDF]
Influential thinkers such as Young, Sugden, Binmore, and Skyrms have developed game-theoretic accounts of the emergence, persistence and evolution of social contracts.
Vlerick, Michael
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Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) Domestication and Dispersal Out of Central Asia
The pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) is commercially cultivated in semi-arid regions around the globe. Archaeobotanical, genetic, and linguistic data suggest that the pistachio was brought under cultivation somewhere within its wild range, spanning southern ...
Basira Mir-Makhamad +3 more
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Anatomical Variation, Hominins, Species, and Self-Domestication [PDF]
The evolution of hominins, members of the zoological tribe Hominini, has been a much-studied topic, and the construction of phylogenetic trees has been the key method in molecular evolutionary studies. How scientists determine the phylogenetic trees are governed by the assumptions they place on the construction of similarities and differences in ...
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This paper aims to identify strategies for translating self-names (proper nouns) and ideological tendencies in translation works. The data sources used were the translated novel entitled Binatangisme (translated by Mahbub Djunaidi) as the source text and
Ina Mina Saroh
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Self-domestication and the Cultural Evolution of Language
Abstract The structural design features of human language emerge in the process of cultural evolution, shaping languages over the course of communication, learning, and transmission. What role does this leave biological evolution?
Raviv, L., Kirby, S.
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Avatar, Dark Green Religion: and the Technological Construction of Nature [PDF]
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Klassen, Chris
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In the eye of the beholder: owner preferences for variations in cats' appearances with specific focus on skull morphology [PDF]
Changes in the popularity of cat breeds are largely driven by human perceptions of, and selection for, phenotypic traits including skull morphology. The popularity of breeds with altered skull shapes appears to be increasing, and owner preferences are an
Caney, SMA +5 more
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Stories come together with the cognitive and behavioral innovations needed for human communication
It is quite possible that early human attempts at communication were primarily aimed at telling stories to others. Nonetheless, such an ability, at least in its full-fledged, modern form, seems unlikely without certain key cognitive ...
Antonio Benítez-Burraco
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Trabecular bone in domestic dogs and wolves: Implications for understanding human self‐domestication
The process of domestication is complex and results in significant morphological, cognitive, and physiological changes. In canids, some of the traits indicative of domestication of domestic dogs compared to their wild counterparts the wolves are ...
Habiba Chirchir
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Yawn contagion in humans and bonobos: emotional affinity matters more than species. [PDF]
In humans and apes, yawn contagion echoes emotional contagion, the basal layer of empathy. Hence, yawn contagion is a unique tool to compare empathy across species.
Demuru, Elisa +2 more
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