Wild bonobos experience unusually low bone resorption during early lactation relative to humans and other mammals [0.03%]
与人类和其他哺乳动物相比,野生倭黑猩猩在泌乳早期的骨质吸收异常偏低
Verena Behringer,Ruth Sonnweber,Barbara Fruth et al.
Verena Behringer et al.
In mammals, pregnancy and lactation are marked by maternal calcium stress and bone resorption, leading to reduced bone mineral density. In humans, these periods may partly explain the higher prevalence of osteoporosis in older women compare...
Bret Beheim
Bret Beheim
How does information infrastructure shape long-term cultural evolution? Using over four centuries of professional game records from the game of Go, this study explores how strategic dynamics in opening moves reflect historical shifts in the...
Kevin N Lala,Gillian Brown,Kalyani Twyman et al.
Kevin N Lala et al.
Although virtually all academics who study human 'race' agree that it is a social construct, members of the general public still commonly regard 'race' as a biological property (i.e. they think that 'races' are genetically distinct). Even t...
Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández,Chiara Barbieri,Stephen C Jett et al.
Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández et al.
The blowgun is a weapon that employs the force of breath for expelling a projectile and has been traditionally used for hunting and (occasionally) war. The use of blowguns extends to ancient times and is advantageous in dense-forest areas o...
Evidence that cultural groups differ in their abilities to detect fake accents: a follow up [0.03%]
文化群体检测假口音能力差异的证据:一项后续研究
Jonathan R Goodman,Robert A Foley
Jonathan R Goodman
We recently reported that cultural group membership may be a predictor of the likelihood that an individual will detect a faked accent in a recording. Here, we present follow-up data to our original study using a larger data set comprised o...
Further insights into maternal and paternal human histories in southern Iberia [0.03%]
伊比利亚南部人类母系和父系历史的进一步见解
Marina González-Barrio,Luis J Sánchez-Martínez,Rosario Calderón et al.
Marina González-Barrio et al.
Human genetic structure of Iberian populations has been thoroughly explored in the last decades. The internal diversity of the Iberian Peninsula becomes visible by the different phylogeographic origins of particular mitochondrial DNA and Y ...
Edgar Dubourg,Valentin Thouzeau,Quentin Borredon et al.
Edgar Dubourg et al.
We present a comprehensive analysis of the rise of fictions across human narratives, using large-scale datasets that collectively span over 65,000 works across various media (movies, literary works), cultures (over 30 countries, Western and...
Olympia L K Campbell,Maheen Pracha,Ruth Mace
Olympia L K Campbell
Concerns have been raised that an excess of men leads to societal violence, including violence against women, although recent evidence has challenged this view. One area that remains untested is honour killings, a type of femicide perpetrat...
Construct validity in cross-cultural, developmental research: challenges and strategies for improvement [0.03%]
跨文化与发展研究中的构建效度:挑战与改进策略
Nicole J Wen,Dorsa Amir,Jennifer M Clegg et al.
Nicole J Wen et al.
The recent expansion of cross-cultural research in the social sciences has led to increased discourse on methodological issues involved when studying culturally diverse populations. However, discussions have largely overlooked the challenge...
Kristin Snopkowski,Annemarie M Hasnain
Kristin Snopkowski
Survey results have shown that the traits women seek in a partner are different from the traits parents seek in a son-in-law. These differences have been attributed to parent-offspring conflict, where parents prefer mates for their offsprin...