Shaka's birth is counted among eight major events in his life (Shaka Hassou 釈迦八相), but statuary representations of this type are rare outside of Korea and Japan. Elsewhere the infant Shaka is generally depicted in reliefs and murals with both arms hanging at his side or with the right...
socio-cultural events scarcely documented in the archaeological record – the dispersal of hunter gatherers after the termination of glacial conditions in the late Pleistocene and the desertifica- tion-driven retreat of tribes of Saharan and Arabian foragers in the transition to a food-producing ...
The Iberian Peninsula is linguistically diverse and has a complex demographic history, including a centuries-long period of Muslim rule. Here, we study the fine-scale genetic structure of its population, and the genetic impacts of historical events, leveraging powerful, haplotype-based statistical meth...
in addition to standing variation and new mutation [1,2]. Introgression of pre-tested genetic combinations may provide important advantages to prosper or invade some habitats [3,4], although it could also be non-adaptive if involving selfish genetic elements or compensatory mechanisms [5...
Real-time price index in residential property of Hong Kong; the author had highlighted incremental events of that period. Image: Bank for International Settlements, post-processed by the author. Figure 8 shows the fluctuations of housing prices in the past 40 years, with major economic crises hig...
Since the 1990s, results coming in from molecular phylogenetics necessitate us to recognize that Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) occurs massively across all three domains of life. Nonetheless, many of the mechanisms whereby genes can become transferred la
In 1960, Shy and Drager saw four cases and reported “a neurological syndrome associated with orthostatic hypotension”, with all cases having marked autonomic dysfunction, slurred speech, impaired coordination, and tremors in the hands at rest. In addition, pyramidal signs and reduced facial expressi...
Lactate (La−) has long been at the center of controversy in research, clinical, and athletic settings. Since its discovery in 1780, La− has oft
Gorce Mts. belongs to the Magura Nappe and Turbacz area and is predominantly built of sandstones and shales. The entire region of Gorce Mts. has been affected in the past by landslide events. However, our study site does not bear any visible traces of landslides (relict or contemporaneous)....
The novel is a historical romance set right before the Islamic Conquest of Southern Spain in 711 A.D. In the novel, Zaydān describes the events that led to the Arab conquest of Southern Spain by Tariq b. Ziyad. The narrative is an important tool with which we can understand Zaydān’s...