The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is native to Eurasia and was introduced successfully in the USA in 1890 and Argentina in 1983. In this study, we documented the genetic diversity and FA of starlings from England (ancestral population), USA (primary introduction) and Argentina (secondary ...
This chapter examines the size, geographic distribution, and selected characteristics of the Jewish population of the US. Section 5.1 addresses the procedures employed to estimate the Jewish population of more than 900 local Jewish communities and parts
According to most recent research, Indians in Ecuador’s Amazonian region (the Oriente) lived outside of modern markets and political systems until around 40 years ago. But this view obscures the essential role of indigenous labor in earlier cycles of extractivism and exploitation. Beginning in th...
The spatial distribution of population in 2020 with cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). Population estimation obtained from WorldPop (http://www.worldpop.org). Figure mapping visualizations were performed in ArcGIS (v10.8, ESRI, USA). Full size image Spatial distributi...
All in all the industrial revolution had a positive effect on society, accomplishing things many do not realize and creating a turn of events that would put the USA as the world power. New farming methods meant better diets, which lead to lower death rates. Efficient and useful inventions, ...
Recent archaeological research in the Mt. Trumbull region of northwestern Arizona has confirmed the presence of an unusually large number and variety of Virgin Branch Puebloan sites. Subsurface testing of a sample of these sites provides limited chronological controls using both radiocarbon and optically...
Even though young Hispanic children have experienced a high net undercount in the past three U.S. Censuses, we know very little about what explains the undercount. We examine how every state experienced the undercount in 2010 and 2020. We also investigate the association of state-level factors ...
Dutch innovators of population forecasting methodology were among the front-runners in the reinvention of the CCPM approach in the inter-war period. This contribution focuses on the nature of their contribution from an international perspective. First, we discuss the contribution...
AUD, which is responsible for more than 80,000 annual deaths in the USA is among the top 10 conditions associated with the largest global burden of disease2. Despite its large public health impact, there are only 3 medications for AUD approved by the FDA and 4 by the European Medicines ...
I have attempted to clarify some of the pathways in the development of Darwin's thinking. The foregoing examples of influence by no means include all t