Why the switch from foraging to farming?
Thousands of years ago, our ancestors gave up foraging for food and took up farming, one of the most important and debated decisions in history.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2011
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News tagged with demographic factors
Declining fertility rates may explain Neanderthal extinction, suggests new model
A new hypothesis for Neanderthal extinction supported by population modelling is put forward in a new study by Anna Degioanni from Aix Marseille Université, France and colleagues, published May 29, 2019 in the open-access ...
Archaeology
May 29, 2019
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State workers underpaid, new study finds
A comparison of public sector workers in Illinois with their peers in the private sector shows a general wage and salary penalty for state and local government employees, according to research by a University of Illinois ...
Economics & Business
Mar 12, 2013
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Study: Bankruptcy rates reflect policy, not people
What do high bankruptcy rates in states like Tennessee and Utah tell us about the people that live in those places? Not much, according to a new 50-state bankruptcy study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Law ...
Economics & Business
Jun 22, 2009
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Study finds COVID-19 pandemic increased, but also polarized, trust in science
Research by the Milner Center for Evolution at the University of Bath, U.K., along with colleagues at Universities of Oxford and Aberdeen, finds that trust in scientists has hugely increased overall since the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2023
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Racial stereotyping found in US death certificates
Death by homicide, the victim is probably black. By cirrhosis, the decedent is likely Native American. These stereotypes have small but clear effects on the racial classifications used to calculate official vital statistics, ...
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2011
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US cellphone data uncovers 'hotspots' where COVID-19 social distancing levels are low
U.S. cellphone data analysis finds "hotspots" where COVID-19 social distancing levels are low, as well as revealing how demographics and governmental restrictions interact. Rajesh Narayanan and colleagues at Louisiana State ...
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2020
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Work ability is influenced by physical fitness, social life and cognitive functions: Study
Due to demographic change, it is becoming increasingly important to maintain the working capacity of aging workforces. In a recent study, researchers from the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environments and Human Factors ...
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2023
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Research offers novel method to analyze implications of large-scale flood adaptation
During the summer of 2022, the Indus River in Pakistan overflowed its banks and swept through the homes of between 30–40 million people. Eight million were permanently displaced, and at least 1,700 people died. Damages ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 25, 2023
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Study identifies four family cultures in America
(Phys.org)—Four types of family cultures – the Faithful, the Engaged Progressives, the Detached and the American Dreamers – are molding the next generation of Americans, a three-year study by the University of Virginia's ...
Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2012
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