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Zooarchaeological analysis of material excavated in 2009 from the 76 draw site (la 156980), Luna County, New Mexico
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The 76 Draw site is located in southwestern New Mexico, several kilometers south of Deming. Evidence such as thick abode walls oriented on a North-South axis, Ramos polychrome ceramic sherds and El Paso sherds, suggests ...
The evolution of sex differences in tool use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Tool use is no longer a defining characteristic of humans--other primates are proficient tool users (e.g. chimpanzees), but several non-primate species are competent tool users and manufacturers as well. Sex differences ...
Traditional storytelling as descendant-leaving strategy: ancestral prescriptions for proper kinship and revenge in William Shakespeare's Hamlet
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In light of the recent interest in evolutionary approaches to literature, I propose that storytelling shows evidence of design to manipulate the behavior ...
Spanish flu in St. Louis, Missouri : a demographic analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
It is well known that the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 was disastrous worldwide and many large-scale studies have shown interesting and unusual demographic trends related to the pandemic. By analyzing the impact of the ...