The right to food: Reflecting on the past and future possibilities

As scholars and activists met in Waterloo, copyright in September 2014 to discuss progress and obstacles in adopting the right to food, similar discussions were being held by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and among civil society organizations (CSOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social movements aro

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Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia Plateau

One of the greatest archaeological enigmas is in understanding the role of decision-making, intentionality and read more interventions in plant life cycles by foraging peoples in transitions to and from low-level food production practices.We bring together archaeological, palaeoclimatological and botanical data to explore relationships over the pas

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When Does Sexual Signal Exploitation Lead to Signal Loss?

Evolutionary loss of traits is common over evolutionary time and occurs in diverse taxa.Sexual signals and other non-signal traits should differ in their likelihood of becoming lost because they experience different selection here pressures contributing to their diminution or persistence.In particular, conspicuous sexual signals are often exploited

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