Combining data from epidemiological studies in Friedreich's Ataxia (FRDA) and patient
organization membership lists, shows that FRDA prevalence exhibits large regional …

The extent to which climate change has affected the course of human evolution is an
enduring question. The ability to maintain spatially extensive social networks and a fluid …

Abstract During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 30 to 16.5 ka ago), the Great Adriatic-Po
Region (GAPR) was deeply affected by the spread of glaciers from the Alps to the southern …

Although difficult to estimate for prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations, demographic
variables—population size, density, and the connectedness of demes—are critical for a …

The niche construction model postulates that human bio-social evolution is composed of
three inheritance domains, genetic, cultural and ecological, linked by feedback selection …

Prehistoric demography has recently risen to prominence as a potentially explanatory
variable for episodes of cultural change as documented in the archaeological and …

The word 'refugium'is often used to describe patterns of human settlement during various
parts of the Palaeolithic. While, classically, a refugium is a location which supports an …

As the climate began to ameliorate after the last Ice Age, pioneer plants, animals, and
people began to resettle northern Europe. The recolonization of the North European Plain …

This paper discusses the function of Late Glacial arch-backed and tanged projectile points
from northern Europe in general and southern Scandinavia in particular. Ballistic …

Multidisciplinary studies conducted in Russian Karelia substantiated the existence of a
major Baltic-Ladoga waterway in the Karelian Isthmus that emerged ca. 9500 cal BCE, and …