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Allelic variation at alcohol metabolism genes ( ADH1B , ADH1C , ALDH2 ) and alcohol dependence in an American Indian population
(Springer-Verlag, 2003-09)
Enzymes encoded by two gene families, alcohol dehydrogenase ( ADH ) and aldehyde dehydrogenase ( ALDH ), mediate alcohol metabolism in humans. Allelic variants have been identified that alter metabolic rates and influence ...
Introduction: Human ecology in the Himalaya
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1989-06)
Knowledge of human adaptation in the Himalayas has developed more slowly than that for other world mountain systems. At the same time, the opening of the region to research has focused attention toward description in a ...
Geographic variation in the calls of wild chimpanzees: A reassessment
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999)
Male chimpanzees produce a species-typical call, the pant hoot, to communicate to conspecifics over long-distances. Calls given by males from the well-known Gombe and Mahale populations typically consist of four different ...
Predatory behavior of crowned hawk-eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus ) in Kibale National Park, Uganda
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2001-01)
Evaluating the nature and significance of predation on populations of wild primates has been difficult given a paucity of data regarding the phenomenon. Here we addressed this problem in a 37-month study of the predatory ...
Demographic influences on the behavior of chimpanzees
(Springer-Verlag; Japan Monkey Centre and Springer-Verlag, 2006-01)
Recent research has revealed substantial diversity in the behavior of wild chimpanzees. Understanding the sources of this variation has become a central focus of investigation. While genetic, ecological, and cultural factors ...
Family organization and the wage labor transition in a Tamang community of Nepal
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1990-09)
This paper explores familial contexts of transition to a wage labor economy using ethnographic and survey data from Tamang communities at the northern edge of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. Historically agro-pastoralist, the ...
Experimental field studies of Asian ape social systems
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1990-04)
The Asian apes, orangutans and gibbons, possess unusual social systems among anthropoid primates. Social groups of gibbons consist of mated adult pairs and their offspring; mature orangutans are primarily solitary. Recent ...
The Quaternary of the United States
(Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan, 1965)