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What Can Cross-Cultural Correlations Teach Us about Human Nature? (2014)
Journal Article
Pollet, T., Tybur, J., Frankenhuis, W., & Rickard, I. (2014). What Can Cross-Cultural Correlations Teach Us about Human Nature?. Human Nature, 25(3), 410-429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-014-9206-3

Many recent evolutionary psychology and human behavioral ecology studies have tested hypotheses by examining correlations between variables measured at a group level (e.g., state, country, continent). In such analyses, variables collected for each ag... Read More about What Can Cross-Cultural Correlations Teach Us about Human Nature?.

The histamine H4 receptor is a potent inhibitor of adhesion-dependent degranulation in human neutrophils (2014)
Journal Article
Dib, K., Perecko, T., Jenei, V., McFarlane, C., Comer, C., Brown, V., …Ennis, M. (2014). The histamine H4 receptor is a potent inhibitor of adhesion-dependent degranulation in human neutrophils. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 96(3), 411-419. https://doi.org/10.1189/jlb.2ab0813-432rr

The histamine H4 receptor regulates the inflammatory response. However, it is not known whether this receptor has a functional role in human neutrophils. We found that fMLP (1 μM), but not histamine (0.1–1 μM), induced Mac-1-dependent adhesion, polar... Read More about The histamine H4 receptor is a potent inhibitor of adhesion-dependent degranulation in human neutrophils.

A comparison of heterosexual and homosexual mating preferences in personal advertisements (2014)
Journal Article
Lawson, J., James, C., Jannson, A., Koyama, N., & Hill, R. (2014). A comparison of heterosexual and homosexual mating preferences in personal advertisements. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35(5), 408-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.05.006

Human heterosexual mating preferences have been shown to conform to predictions drawn from evolutionary theory, with men and women adopting broadly distinct strategies. Attempts to reconcile sexual selection theory with homosexual behaviour have been... Read More about A comparison of heterosexual and homosexual mating preferences in personal advertisements.

Subsistence Practices in Western and Northern Europe (2014)
Book Chapter
Rowley-Conwy, P., & Legge, A. (2015). Subsistence Practices in Western and Northern Europe. In C. Fowler, J. Harding, & D. Hofmann (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of neolithic Europe (429-446). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199545841.013.022

Early agriculture in north-west Europe was highly diverse. Sometimes it spread rapidly, at other times it scarcely advanced at all, and in southern Scandinavia it retreated after its initial advance. Linearbandkeramik (LBK) farmers occupied small cle... Read More about Subsistence Practices in Western and Northern Europe.

Quaternary of the Trent (2014)
Book
Bridgland, D., Howard, A., White, M., & White, T. (2014). Quaternary of the Trent. Oxbow Books

Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics (2014)
Journal Article
Bentley, R. A., Maddison, E. J., Ranner, P. H., Bissell, J. J., Caiado, C. C. C. S., Bhatanacharoen, P., Clark, T., Botha, M., Akinbami, F., Hollow, M., Michie, R., Huntley, B., Curtis, S., & Garnett, P. (2014). Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2, Article 35. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2014.00035

Recently, Early Warning Signals (EWS) have been developed to predict tipping points in Earth Systems. This discussion highlights the potential to apply EWS to human social and economic systems, which may also undergo similar critical transitions. Soc... Read More about Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics.

Revaluation of geometric cues reduces landmark discrimination via within-compound associations (2014)
Journal Article
Austen, J., & McGregor, A. (2014). Revaluation of geometric cues reduces landmark discrimination via within-compound associations. Learning & Behavior, 42(4), 330-336. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-014-0150-1

Rats were trained in a triangular water maze in which a compound of geometric and landmark cues indicated the position of a submerged platform. Rats that then underwent revaluation of the geometric cues in the absence of the landmarks subsequently fa... Read More about Revaluation of geometric cues reduces landmark discrimination via within-compound associations.

Delphinid systematics and biogeography with a focus on the current genus Lagenorhynchus: Multiple pathways for antitropical and trans-oceanic radiation (2014)
Journal Article
Banguera-Hinestroza, E., Hayano, A., Crespo, E., & Hoelzel, A. (2014). Delphinid systematics and biogeography with a focus on the current genus Lagenorhynchus: Multiple pathways for antitropical and trans-oceanic radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 80, 217-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.005

The six species currently classified within the genus Lagenorhynchus exhibit a pattern of antitropical distribution common among marine taxa. In spite of their morphological similarities they are now considered an artificial grouping, and include bot... Read More about Delphinid systematics and biogeography with a focus on the current genus Lagenorhynchus: Multiple pathways for antitropical and trans-oceanic radiation.

Facial emotion recognition in Williams syndrome and Down syndrome: A matching and developmental study (2014)
Journal Article
Martínez-Castilla, P., Burt, M., Borgatti, R., & Gagliardi, C. (2015). Facial emotion recognition in Williams syndrome and Down syndrome: A matching and developmental study. Child Neuropsychology, 21(5), 668-692. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2014.945408

In this study both the matching and developmental trajectories approaches were used to clarify questions that remain open in the literature on facial emotion recognition in Williams syndrome (WS) and Down syndrome (DS). The matching approach showed t... Read More about Facial emotion recognition in Williams syndrome and Down syndrome: A matching and developmental study.

Altitudinal gradients, plant hybrid zones and evolutionary novelty (2014)
Journal Article
Abbott, R., & Brennan, A. (2014). Altitudinal gradients, plant hybrid zones and evolutionary novelty. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369(1648), Article 20130346. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0346

Altitudinal gradients are characterized by steep changes of the physical and biotic environment that present challenges to plant adaptation throughout large parts of the world. Hybrid zones may form where related species inhabit different neighbourin... Read More about Altitudinal gradients, plant hybrid zones and evolutionary novelty.

Phylogenomics of the killer whale indicates ecotype divergence in sympatry (2014)
Journal Article
Moura, A., Kenny, J., Chaudhuri, R., Hughes, M., Reisinger, R., de Bruyn, P., …Hoelzel, A. (2015). Phylogenomics of the killer whale indicates ecotype divergence in sympatry. Heredity, 114(1), 48-55. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2014.67

For many highly mobile species, the marine environment presents few obvious barriers to gene flow. Even so, there is considerable diversity within and among species, referred to by some as the ‘marine speciation paradox’. The recent and diverse radia... Read More about Phylogenomics of the killer whale indicates ecotype divergence in sympatry.

Conserving mobile species (2014)
Journal Article
Runge, C., Martin, T., Possingham, H., Willis, S., & Fuller, R. (2014). Conserving mobile species. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12(7), 395-402. https://doi.org/10.1890/130237

The distributions of many species are dynamic in space and time, and movements made by individuals range from regular and predictable migrations to erratic, resource-driven nomadism. Conserving such mobile species is challenging; the effectiveness of... Read More about Conserving mobile species.

Macaques at the margins: the biogeography and extinction of Macaca sylvanus in Europe (2014)
Journal Article
Elton, S., & O'Regan, H. J. (2014). Macaques at the margins: the biogeography and extinction of Macaca sylvanus in Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews, 96, 117-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.04.025

The genus Macaca (Primates: Cercopithecidae) originated in Africa, dispersed into Europe in the Late Miocene and resided there until the Late Pleistocene. In this contribution, we provide an overview of the evolutionary history of Macaca in Europe, p... Read More about Macaques at the margins: the biogeography and extinction of Macaca sylvanus in Europe.

Egg drift and hatching success in European river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis: is egg deposition in gravel vital to spawning success? (2014)
Journal Article
Silva, S., Gooderham, A., Forty, M., Morland, B., & Lucas, M. (2014). Egg drift and hatching success in European river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis: is egg deposition in gravel vital to spawning success?. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 25(4), 534-543. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2486

1.The European river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) is a threatened species, formerly widespread throughout western Europe, for which loss and degradation of habitat is one of the main causes of decline. As with other lamprey species,... Read More about Egg drift and hatching success in European river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis: is egg deposition in gravel vital to spawning success?.

You can die but once? Creativity, narrative and epistemology in Western death (2014)
Journal Article
Buck, T., & Pipyrou, S. (2014). You can die but once? Creativity, narrative and epistemology in Western death. Mortality, 19(3), 261-283. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2014.929567

Employing two case studies from different spheres of anthropological practice, we argue that a narrative approach provides productive analytical ground for the study of Western death. It has been argued that narratives are attempts to create a presen... Read More about You can die but once? Creativity, narrative and epistemology in Western death.

Human observers impact habituated samango monkeys’ perceived landscape of fear (2014)
Journal Article
Nowak, K., le Roux, A., Richards, S., Scheijen, C., & Hill, R. (2014). Human observers impact habituated samango monkeys’ perceived landscape of fear. Behavioral Ecology, 25(5), 1199-1204. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru110

Humans and human infrastructure are known to alter the relationship between predators and prey, typically by directly or indirectly shielding one of the species from the other. In addition to these overt changes to animals’ behavior, observers may ha... Read More about Human observers impact habituated samango monkeys’ perceived landscape of fear.

An experimental demonstration of the effect of group size on cultural accumulation (2014)
Journal Article
Kempe, M., & Mesoudi, A. (2014). An experimental demonstration of the effect of group size on cultural accumulation. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35(4), 285-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.02.009

Cumulative culture is thought to have played a major role in hominin evolution, and so an understanding of the factors that affect cultural accumulation is important for understanding human evolution. Population size may be one such factor, with larg... Read More about An experimental demonstration of the effect of group size on cultural accumulation.