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Integrating Morphological and ZooMS-Based Approaches to Zooarchaeology at Vogelherd Cave in Southwestern Germany

PaleoAnthropology
Zooarchaeology is an established subfield of archaeology that incorporates a variety of interdisciplinary tools. Advances in analytical methods like radiocarbon dating, stable isotope analysis, and ancient DNA analysis have added new dimensions to ...
Naihui Wang, Nicholas Conard, Katerina Douka   +2 more
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An Empirical Comparison of Consumer Innovation Adoption Models: Implications for Subsistence Marketplaces

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing JPP&M, 2018
So-called pro-poor innovations may improve consumer well-being in subsistence marketplaces. However, little research has integrated subsistence marketplaces with the vast literature on innovation adoption.
Rajibul Hasan, Ben Lowe, Dan Petrovici
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Africa's Turn: A New Green Revolution for the 21st Century [PDF]

, 2006
Explores the possibility of extending the Green Revolution by introducing agricultural and water-management techniques to small subsistence farms in Africa, and through the collaboration of foundations, governments, and local ...

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Insights into Red Deer Ecology during the Late Epigravettian: New isotopic evidence from Riparo Tagliente (Italian Prealps)

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The transition from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Late Glacial marked a shift from the cold conditions of Greenland Stadial‐2 (GS‐2) to the warmer phases of Greenland Interstadial‐1 (GI‐1), enabling the reoccupation of Alpine regions by Late Palaeolithic hunter‐gatherers.
Mahym Amanova, Dorothée G. Drucker, Federica Fontana   +2 more
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Subsistence strategies in traditional societies distinguish gut microbiomes

Nature Communications, 2015
Recent studies suggest that gut microbiomes of urban-industrialized societies are different from those of traditional peoples. Here we examine the relationship between lifeways and gut microbiota through taxonomic and functional potential ...
A. Obregon-Tito, R. Tito, J. Metcalf, K. Sankaranarayanan, J. Clemente, L. Ursell, Zhenjiang Zech Xu, William W. Van Treuren, R. Knight, P. Gaffney, P. Spicer, P. Lawson, Luis Marin-Reyes, Omar Trujillo-Villarroel, Morris W. Foster, Emilio Guija-Poma, Luzmila Troncoso-Corzo, Christina G Warinner, A. Ozga, Cecil M. Lewis   +19 more
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Subsistence and Semi-subsistence Farming in Selected EU New Member States [PDF]

Factor and cluster analysis are used to analyse the attitudes and perceptions of agricultural households in five EU New Member States towards farming, commercialisation, and barriers to and drivers for an increased integration in agricultural markets ...
Bailey, Alastair, Davidova, Sophia, Fredriksson, Lena   +2 more
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Nutrient composition and heavy metal accumulation in water hyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms] and water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) from the Dande River, Nepal: Implications for use as alternative feed resources

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The proliferation of invasive aquatic macrophytes poses a significant ecological challenge globally, while many tropical regions face chronic shortages of affordable livestock feed. This study addresses this dual problem by assessing two invasive species, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes ...
Anish Balchhaudi, Aanchal Shrestha, Akash Adhikari, Sujan Adhikari, Abhishek Adhikari, Rabin Acharya   +5 more
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Non-timber forests products (NTFPs) for household consumption and its market status in Mokokchung district, Nagaland

Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes
Non timber forest products (NTFPs) are vital for subsistence and economy of tribal populations living in and around forests. Ample numbers of products are derived from the forests by the tribal communities. The present study was carried out in Mokokchung
Moamenla Jamir, H. Neangmei, Gyati Yam, Vieneite-o Koza   +3 more
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How costly is it for poor farmers to lift themselves out of poverty? [PDF]

The main objective of this paper is to provide estimates of the cost of moving out of subsistence for Madagascar's farmers. The analysis is based on a simple asset-return model of occupational choice.
Cadot, Olivier, Dutoit, Laure, Olarreaga, Marcelo   +2 more
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Adapting to Environmental and Social Change: Subsistence in Three Aleutian Communities [PDF]

, 2018
Our surroundings and society are both constantly evolving. Some changes are due to natural processes. People are responsible for other changes, because of what we do—for example, increasing the size of the population, expanding technology, and ...
Berman, Matthew, Schmidt, Jennifer
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