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Ambient occlusion and PCV (portion de ciel visible): A new dental topographic metric and proxy of morphological wear resistance (2019)
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Recently, ambient occlusion, quantified through portion de ciel visible (PCV) was introduced as a method for quantifying dental morphological wear resistance and reconstructing diet in mammals. Despite being used to reconstruct diet and investigate t... Read More about Ambient occlusion and PCV (portion de ciel visible): A new dental topographic metric and proxy of morphological wear resistance.

Prevalence of tool behaviour is associated with pelage phenotype in intraspecific hybrid long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis aurea × M. f. fascicularis) (2019)
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Stone-hammering behaviour customarily occurs in Burmese long-tailed macaques, Macaca fascicularis aurea, and in some Burmese-common longtail hybrids, M. f. aurea × M. f. fascicularis; however, it is not observed in common longtails. Facial pelage dis... Read More about Prevalence of tool behaviour is associated with pelage phenotype in intraspecific hybrid long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis aurea × M. f. fascicularis).

Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations (2020)
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The duration of the developmental period represents a fundamental axis of life-history variation, yet broad insights regarding the drivers of this diversity are currently lacking. Here, we test mechanistic and ecological explanations for the evolutio... Read More about Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations.

The Role of Trust in a Self-Organizing Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Model with Variable Drug Quality and Imperfect Information (2019)
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We present an Agent-Based Model (hereafter ABM) for a pharmaceutical supply chain operating under conditions of weak regulation and imperfect information, exploring the possibility of poor quality medicines and their detection. Our interest is to dem... Read More about The Role of Trust in a Self-Organizing Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Model with Variable Drug Quality and Imperfect Information.

Sciencing the mystical: the trickery of the psychedelic trip report (2019)
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Science has caught wind of mysticism once again. Operationalising metrics from the writings of perennial philosophers, psychopharmacologists are using psychedelics in a laboratory context to reliably induce ‘mystical experiences’. These experiences a... Read More about Sciencing the mystical: the trickery of the psychedelic trip report.

A Chronotope of Expansion: resisting spatio-temporal limits in a Kazakh nuclear town (2020)
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This article starts by anatomising the various strategies used by the Soviet regime to contain and ‘disappear’ the nuclear weapon test site in Kazakhstan before moving on to outline attempts by the independent Republic of Kazakshtan's National Nuclea... Read More about A Chronotope of Expansion: resisting spatio-temporal limits in a Kazakh nuclear town.

The aesthetics of 'time-reckoning': a Guna chromatic history (2019)
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This is a study of time and aesthetics through an ethnographic analysis of an indigenous visual system. Looking at historical changes in women's clothing and village patterns among Guna people (Panama), the article shows that images and artefacts are... Read More about The aesthetics of 'time-reckoning': a Guna chromatic history.

Social-ecological change in the Omo-Turkana basin: A synthesis of current developments (2019)
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This paper synthesizes current knowledge on the impacts of the Gibe III dam and associated large-scale commercial farming in the Omo-Turkana Basin, based on an expert elicitation coupled with a scoping review and the collective knowledge of an multid... Read More about Social-ecological change in the Omo-Turkana basin: A synthesis of current developments.

Roads threaten Asiatic cheetahs in Iran (2018)
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Baboon biogeography, divergence and evolution: morphological and palaeoecological perspectives (2020)
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Papio originated in the early Pleistocene and diverged into multiple species, six of which are extant. Among parapatric Papio species, there are obvious phenotypic differences that arose during the radiation of the genus. We use data from modern babo... Read More about Baboon biogeography, divergence and evolution: morphological and palaeoecological perspectives.

Explaining Human Technology (2019)
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Evaluating the impact of a community-based social prescribing intervention on people with type 2 diabetes in North East England: mixed-methods study protocol (2019)
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Social prescribing enables healthcare professionals to use voluntary and community sector resources to improve support for people with long-term conditions. It is widely promoted in the UK as a way to address complex health, psychological and social... Read More about Evaluating the impact of a community-based social prescribing intervention on people with type 2 diabetes in North East England: mixed-methods study protocol.

Gendered politics in rural roads: gender mainstreaming in Tanzania's transport sector (2019)
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This paper explores the impacts of gender mainstreaming initiatives in Tanzania's transport sector on the everyday reality of rural women's lives, including those facing multiple forms of discrimination. Using qualitative methods, including co-invest... Read More about Gendered politics in rural roads: gender mainstreaming in Tanzania's transport sector.

Brown Hyaena (Parahyaena brunnea) diet composition from Zingela Game Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa (2019)
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Brown hyaenas Parahyaena brunnea are classified as ‘Near Threatened’. Although predominantly scavengers, they are frequently blamed for livestock depredations leading to persecution. Information on brown hyaena diets is important for understanding th... Read More about Brown Hyaena (Parahyaena brunnea) diet composition from Zingela Game Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

From play to proficiency: The ontogeny of stone-tool use in coastal-foraging long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) from a comparative perception-action perspective. (2017)
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acaques crack shellfish in coastal environments with specialized stone-hammering techniques. I provide the first examination of skill development from 866 object-manipulation and 7,400 tool-use bouts, collected over 15 months, using longitudinal anal... Read More about From play to proficiency: The ontogeny of stone-tool use in coastal-foraging long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) from a comparative perception-action perspective..

Resource depletion through primate stone technology (2017)
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Tool use has allowed humans to become one of the most successful species. However, tool-assisted foraging has also pushed many of our prey species to extinction or endangerment, a technology-driven process thought to be uniquely human. Here, we demon... Read More about Resource depletion through primate stone technology.

Humanity’s Best Friend: A Dog-Centric Approach to Addressing Global Challenges (2020)
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No other animal has a closer mutualistic relationship with humans than the dog (Canis familiaris). Domesticated from the Eurasian grey wolf (Canis lupus), dogs have evolved alongside humans over millennia in a relationship that has transformed dogs a... Read More about Humanity’s Best Friend: A Dog-Centric Approach to Addressing Global Challenges.

Interpreting People’s Behaviour Toward Primates Using Qualitative Data: A Case Study from North Morocco (2019)
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People’s perceptions of primates vary across and within cultures and may not be consistent with their behavior toward the primates themselves. We used qualitative data from semistructured and unstructured interviews with shepherds from 10 villages ar... Read More about Interpreting People’s Behaviour Toward Primates Using Qualitative Data: A Case Study from North Morocco.

Influence of food availability, plant productivity and indigenous forest use on ranging behavior of the endangered samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis schwarzi), in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa (2020)
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Understanding the determinants of ranging patterns in species susceptible to habitat fragmentation is fundamental for assessing their long‐term adaptability to an increasingly human‐dominated landscape. The aim of this study was to determine and comp... Read More about Influence of food availability, plant productivity and indigenous forest use on ranging behavior of the endangered samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis schwarzi), in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa.

Costly signaling and the handicap principle in hunter-gatherer research: A critical review (2019)
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