Posts Tagged ‘indigenous people’
Strict ‘safe zones’ protect Brazilian rainforest
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Designating strictly protected areas is more effective at reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest than creating zones that allow for controlled removal of natural resources, experts say. Continue…
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:02 - 1 Comment
Society & Culture - Feb 8, 2013 17:14 - 0 Comments
Christianity influences meat taboos in Amazon
STANFORD (US) — Christianity has changed the hunting habits and diets of native Amazonians, which could alter biodiversity in the region. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 1, 2013 14:43 - 0 Comments
Why is heart disease rare for Amazon’s Tsimane?
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Physical activity alone—or lack thereof—does not relate to obesity or body fat among the Tsimane, an indigenous population in the lowlands of Bolivia’s Amazon basin. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 9, 2013 15:12 - 0 Comments
5 universal personality traits? Maybe not
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — The five personality traits considered universal to all humans may not be so universal after all, according to a study of an isolated indigenous group in Bolivia. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 12, 2012 10:18 - 3 Comments
For Tsimane, birth control access may not cut fertility
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — For an indigenous group who live in the lowlands of Bolivia’s Amazon basin, access to contraception and education doesn’t necessarily lead to lower fertility, a new study suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 28, 2012 14:49 - 3 Comments
Light skin may not mean more cancer
PENN STATE (US) — An indigenous tribe from Malaysia may help scientists discover why East Asians have light skin but lower skin cancer rates than Europeans. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 12, 2012 15:45 - 0 Comments
Fire hunting shields Australian mammals
STANFORD (US) — When species start disappearing, it usually makes sense to blame it on the arrival of humans. But in the case of Western Australia’s declining small mammal populations, the opposite may be true. (more…)
Top Stories - May 22, 2012 11:13 - 0 Comments
For aging hunter-gatherers, hypertension is rare
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — While age-related increases in blood pressure are common in the United States, that does not seem to be the case among hunter-gatherers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 8, 2011 14:50 - 0 Comments
French Canadians traded furs—and TB
STANFORD (US) — Stealthy and patient, tuberculosis is able to lie dormant for decades, waiting for the right time to break out in epidemic proportions. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2010 11:34 - 1 Comment
Australia’s burned desert more biodiverse
STANFORD (US)—A research team is exploring what makes aboriginal hunting grounds molded by fire more biologically diverse than lands untouched by humans. (more…)
