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Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba eruption about 74,000 years ago.
Eugene I Smith, Zenobia Jacobs, Racheal Johnsen, Minghua Ren, Erich C Fisher, Simen Oestmo, Jayne Wilkins, Jacob A Harris, Panagiotis Karkanas, Shelby Fitch, Amber Ciravolo, Deborah Keenan, Naomi Cleghorn, Christine S Lane, Thalassa Matthews, Curtis W Marean
May 25, 2018
Approximately 74 thousand years ago (ka), the Toba caldera erupted in Sumatra. Since the magnitude of this eruption was first established, its effects on climate, environment and humans have been debated. Here we describe the...
Promoting Construction Industrialisation with Policy Interventions
By adopting the concept of 'factory assembly followed by onsite installation,' construction industrialisation (CI) plays an increasingly important role in sustainable urban development. CI can enhance construction quality and...
Building biosecurity for synthetic biology.
Benjamin D Trump, SE Galaitsi, Evan Appleton, Diederik A Bleijs, Marie-Valentine Florin, Jimmy D Gollihar, R Alexander Hamilton, Todd Kuiken, Filippa Lentzos, Ruth Mampuys, Myriam Merad, Tatyana Novossiolova, Kenneth Oye, Edward Perkins, Natàlia Garcia-Reyero, Catherine Rhodes, Igor Linkov
Aug 11, 2020
The fast-paced field of synthetic biology is fundamentally changing the global biosecurity framework. Current biosecurity regulations and strategies are based on previous governance paradigms for pathogen-oriented security...
The prevalence of cancer in Britain before industrialization.
Piers D Mitchell, Jenna M Dittmar, Bram Mulder, Sarah Inskip, Alastair Littlewood, Craig Cessford, John E Robb
May 13, 2021
BACKGROUND: To plan for cancer services in the future, the long view of cancer prevalence is essential. It might be suspected that cancer prevalence before tobacco and industrial revolution pollutants was quite different to...
An Evaluation of the Chinese Economy 1949-1972
Gerald Green
Jan 01, 0001
This 46 page thesis examines trends within the economy of China, focusing on the Five Year Plans, advances in agriculture and industry, and factors influencing economic growth.
China Five Year Plan Great Leap Forward agricultural production Industrial Development Electronics Agricultural and Resource Economics Asian History Business Development Studies Economics International Economics Political Economy Social and Behavioral Sciences
Published by: Ursinus College