Radiocarbon dating

I Hajdas, P Ascough, MH Garnett, SJ Fallon… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Radiocarbon dating uses the decay of a radioactive isotope of carbon (14C) to measure time
and date objects containing carbon-bearing material. With a half-life of 5,700±30 years …

[HTML][HTML] Reproducibility of science: Fraud, impact factors and carelessness

DA Eisner - Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2018 - Elsevier
There is great concern that results published in a large fraction of biomedical papers may
not be reproducible. This article reviews the evidence for this and considers some of the …

[图书][B] The psychology of totalitarianism

M Desmet - 2022 - books.google.com
The world is in the grips of mass formation—a dangerous, collective type of hypnosis—as
we bear witness to loneliness, free-floating anxiety, and fear giving way to censorship, loss …

[图书][B] Discourses of race and rising China

Y Cheng, Y Cheng, Plant - 2019 - Springer
There is no systematic coverage of the racialisation of the planet. This series is the first
attempt to present a comprehensive mapping of global racisms, providing a way in which to …

Understanding scientific progress: The noetic account

F Dellsén - Synthese, 2021 - Springer
What is scientific progress? This paper advances an interpretation of this question, and an
account that serves to answer it (thus interpreted). Roughly, the question is here understood …

Bone taphonomy inside and out: Application of 3-dimensional microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and micro-computed tomography to the study of humanly …

SM Bello, J Galway-Witham - Quaternary International, 2019 - Elsevier
Cut marks, scrape marks, knapping marks, percussion damage and engravings are
examples of humanly produced modifications made on the surface of bones, antlers and/or …

[图书][B] The human instinct: How we evolved to have reason, consciousness, and free will

KR Miller - 2018 - books.google.com
From one of America's best-known biologists, a revolutionary new way of thinking about
evolution that shows “why, in light of our origins, humans are still special”(Edward J. Larson …

Disentangling isolated dental remains of Asian Pleistocene hominins and pongines

TM Smith, A Houssaye, O Kullmer, A Le Cabec… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Scholars have debated the taxonomic identity of isolated primate teeth from the Asian
Pleistocene for over a century, which is complicated by morphological and metric …

[图书][B] Fake heritage: why we rebuild monuments

J Darlington - 2020 - books.google.com
The first survey of the many redesigned and imitation historical landmarks and objects that
dot the globe" John Darlington shows... it is not just written history that is malleable; it is also …

Academic fraud: Solving the crisis in modern academia

P Wilson - Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research …, 2020 - exchanges.warwick.ac.uk
Academic fraud is a rising threat. Schemes to defraud funding bodies, institutions and
researchers for personal gain are not a modern invention within academia but one that …