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Skull variation in Afro-Eurasian monkeys results from both adaptive and non-adaptive evolutionary processes (2022)
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Afro-Eurasian monkeys originated in the Miocene and are the most species-rich modern primate family. Molecular and fossil data have provided considerable insight into their evolutionary divergence, but we know considerably less about the evolutionary... Read More about Skull variation in Afro-Eurasian monkeys results from both adaptive and non-adaptive evolutionary processes.

Mothers with higher twinning propensity had lower fertility in pre-industrial Europe (2022)
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Historically, mothers producing twins gave birth, on average, more often than non-twinners. This observation has been interpreted as twinners having higher intrinsic fertility – a tendency to conceive easily irrespective of age and other factors – wh... Read More about Mothers with higher twinning propensity had lower fertility in pre-industrial Europe.

Adapt and Adjust: Doing UK-Based Ethnographic Fieldwork During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2022)
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The Covid-19 pandemic has required many anthropologists to do fieldwork differently: research that would otherwise have been done face-to-face has been shifted online, sometimes very quickly. When doing research with people with chronic illnesses, it... Read More about Adapt and Adjust: Doing UK-Based Ethnographic Fieldwork During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Aurality of images in graphic ethnographies: Sexual violence during wars and memories of the feelings of fear (2022)
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This article examines the role of graphic ethnography in mapping the objects and feelings of fear through the silence of images, through the aurality of this silence. By aurality, I refer to the sounds and feelings felt by the reader when seeing thes... Read More about Aurality of images in graphic ethnographies: Sexual violence during wars and memories of the feelings of fear.

Global public policy in a quantified world: Sustainable Development Goals as epistemic infrastructures (2022)
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Despite the multiplicity of actors, crises, and fields of action, global public policy has known one constant, that is, the ubiquity of indicators in the production of governing knowledge. This article theoretically engages with the phenomenon of hyp... Read More about Global public policy in a quantified world: Sustainable Development Goals as epistemic infrastructures.

Quality of Life of the Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study across Six Countries (2022)
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Background: Few studies have explored the determinants of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying these factors may help implement appropriate policies to enhance HRQoL in the elderly. Therefore... Read More about Quality of Life of the Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study across Six Countries.

Exploring the development of attentional set shifting in young children with a novel Intradimensional/Extradimensional shift task (2022)
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Attentional set shifting is a core part of cognition, allowing quick and flexible adaption to new demands. The study of its development during early childhood has been hampered by a shortage of measures not requiring language. This article argues for... Read More about Exploring the development of attentional set shifting in young children with a novel Intradimensional/Extradimensional shift task.

Using genomic prediction to detect microevolutionary change of a quantitative trait (2022)
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Detecting microevolutionary responses to natural selection by observing temporal changes in individual breeding values is challenging. The collection of suitable datasets can take many years and disentangling the contributions of the environment and... Read More about Using genomic prediction to detect microevolutionary change of a quantitative trait.

Only one Mayweather: a critique of hope from the hopeful (2022)
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Professional boxing offers hope of vast wealth and global mobility for aspiring athletes in Accra, hopes bolstered by the understanding that Ghanaians are particularly suited to boxing's attrition. However, when boxers become active in the global ind... Read More about Only one Mayweather: a critique of hope from the hopeful.

Irreconcilable times (2022)
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In Denktagebuch (Thought diary, 1950-73), Hannah Arendt wrote that acts which cannot be forgiven are beyond punishment and hence cannot be reconciled to. In this essay, I draw from Arendt to further theorize and extend the concept of irreconciliation... Read More about Irreconcilable times.

Ten Years of Research on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: An Analysis of Topics Evolution (2022)
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This study explores how the concept and research on the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus has evolved over time. The research uncovers the key terms underpinning the phenomenon, maps the interlinkages between WEF nexus topics, and provides an overview of... Read More about Ten Years of Research on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: An Analysis of Topics Evolution.

Preliminary assessment of gastrointestinal parasites of the sun-tailed monkey (Allochrocebus solatus) in a semi-free-ranging colony (2022)
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Background: The occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites in the sun-tailed monkey (Allochrocebus solatus) at the CIRMF primatology center is unknown. We, therefore, assessed the presence and richness (number of different parasite taxa) of gastrointes... Read More about Preliminary assessment of gastrointestinal parasites of the sun-tailed monkey (Allochrocebus solatus) in a semi-free-ranging colony.

Notes from the Field: Absence of Asymptomatic Mumps Virus Shedding Among Vaccinated College Students During a Mumps Outbreak — Washington, February–June 2017 (2017)
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Chemical cues of identity and reproductive status in Japanese macaques (2022)
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Olfactory communication plays an important role in the regulation of socio-sexual interactions in mammals. There is growing evidence that both human and nonhuman primates rely on odors to inform their mating decisions. Nevertheless, studies of primat... Read More about Chemical cues of identity and reproductive status in Japanese macaques.

Acute Flaccid Myelitis Among Children — Washington, September–November 2016 (2017)
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Human Rabies — Utah, 2018 (2020)
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Introduction: On irreconciliation (2022)
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Most post-conflict reconciliatory exercises make it incumbent upon survivors to forgive, and seek closure as a demonstration of ‘moving on’. Various anthropologists have criticized reconciliation and related forms of ‘alternative justice’ extensively... Read More about Introduction: On irreconciliation.

House ablaze: a case study of marital conflict in rural Sri Lanka (2021)
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Marriage and family are central aspects of life for women in Sri Lanka. The failure to marry or the absence of a family is considered a ‘lack’ in a woman’s life. As a result, we have come to notice how women put up with domestic violence and protect... Read More about House ablaze: a case study of marital conflict in rural Sri Lanka.

Children's experiences of the journey between home and school: A qualitative synthesis using meta-ethnography (2022)
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This paper uses meta-ethnography to synthesise qualitative and ethnographic studies of children's (aged 5–13) experiences of socio-material environments on their school journey. Most of the 21 papers (18 studies) identified from the systematic search... Read More about Children's experiences of the journey between home and school: A qualitative synthesis using meta-ethnography.

Do religious and market-based institutions promote cooperation in Hadza hunter-gatherers? (2022)
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Humans’ willingness to bear costs to benefit others is an evolutionary puzzle. Cultural group selection proposes a possible answer to this puzzle—cooperative norms and institutions proliferate due to group-level benefits. For instance, belief in know... Read More about Do religious and market-based institutions promote cooperation in Hadza hunter-gatherers?.