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Un cuento satírico en medio del debate sobre el darwinismo en México

open access: yesAlambique, 2014
Charles Darwin's theory of biological evolution of species was accepted or rejected by Mexican scientists, including Gabino Barreda, representative of Comte's philosophy.
Miguel A. Fernández Delgado
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Osteohistological evidence for terrestrial adaptation and an extended growth period in mekosuchine crocodylians and its potential role in their extinction

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Australasian crocodylian fossil record is dominated by the extinct endemic clade Mekosuchinae, with known members spanning the Eocene‐to‐Holocene. This diverse clade exhibited high morphological disparity, from early members superficially similar to Crocodylus, to more terrestrial forms later in the clade's evolutionary history.
Devin K. Hoffman   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Etymology of the Title of A.P. Platonov’s Novel Chevengur and its Reflection in the Ideological Content of the Work

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism
The purpose of this study is to determine a possible new etymology of the title of A.P. Platonov’s novel Chevengur and to track the reflection in the text of the novel of possible translations of this title into Russian.
Boris V. Sokolov
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Social Darwinism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. . . . Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history. This statement, which appears in the concluding chapter to the Origin of Species, was Darwin's only mention of ...
Beck, Naomi, Beck, N.
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A man of his time: Joseph Leidy, racial science, and American anatomy

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Professor Joseph Leidy M.D. was arguably the most influential anatomist in the nineteenth‐century United States, having written over 500 publications and serving as the first President of the Association of American Anatomists. While many of Leidy's diverse contributions to American science and medicine are well‐known, scholars have said much ...
Christopher D. E. Willoughby
wiley   +1 more source

Hot and cold deserts as eco‐evolutionary arenas for understanding plant resistance to multiple abiotic stressors

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During their long evolutionary history, land plants have evolved a range of adaptations to different abiotic stressors. These help explain present‐day diversity and distribution patterns, as well as the potential resilience of natural and agricultural systems to a changing climate. Most previous research has focused on adaptation to individual
Marc Fradera‐Soler   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religion and ‘Race’ as Ur-Cultural Referents in Ninteenth-Century ‘America’, or How to Practise Transculturalism before the Age of Transculturalism [PDF]

open access: yesHyperCultura, 2012
This paper examines the seminal contribution of two 19th-century Americans, John L. O’Sullivan and Josiah Strong, towards promoting socio-political attitudes with a marked nationalist and imperialist thrust.
Estella-Antoaneta Ciobanu
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Leveraging Reverse Engineering for CSCM Practices: Demystifying the Roles of Compositional Capability and Cooperative Orientation Under Humane Orientation and Competition Intensity

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular supply chain management (CSCM) practices are seen as a solution for addressing society's many significant environmental challenges. Although existing studies recognise the importance of reverse engineering in combating poverty, there is limited knowledge about its effectiveness in shaping CSCM practices to address climate change and ...
Yaw Agyabeng‐Mensah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Neo-Darwinian Foundation of Evolutionary Economics. With an Application to the Theory of the Firm. [PDF]

open access: yes
The focus of evolutionary economics is a process of continuous economic and organizational change. Currently there is no agreement on the explanation of economic evolution. Rather there are competing interpretations.
Fritz Rahmeyer
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Digital Transformation on Green Operational Performance: Evidence From the E‐Waste Firm's Perspective

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital transformation (DT) is increasingly recognised as essential for improving environmental performance in process‐intensive and hazardous sectors; however, the mechanisms by which digitalisation translates into green operational performance (GOP) and environmental accountability remain insufficiently investigated, particularly in ...
Amila Kasun Sampath Udage Kankanamge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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