Manuel R. González Morales

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse genome-wide data from 51 Eurasians from ~45,000-7,000 years ago and find that the proportion of Neanderthal DNA decreased from 3-6% to around 2%, consistent with natural selection against Neanderthal variants in modern humans.

TL;DR: In a recent discussion of prehistoric developments in coastal Peru, Osborn has drawn attention to the "uniqueness" of the Peruvian littoral in providing large amounts of nutrients to support locally high population densities and a base for the development of Peruvian civilization as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a random coefficients model to test for differences in forest cover across tenure forms over time and found that overlapping land tenure categories are significantly associated with changes in deforestation, even after controlling for multiple factors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a case where direct economic incentives for forest conservation were offered to newly titled smallholders in a buffer zone of a protected area in the northeastern Ecuadorian Amazon was considered, and they used quasi-experimental impact evaluation methods to estimate changes in forest cover for 63 smallholders enrolled in Ecuador's Socio Bosque program compared to similar households that did not enroll.

TL;DR: In this paper, a grain of emmer wheat (Triticum diccocum) has been positively identified from the stratigraphically oldest ceramic and domesticated livestock-bearing level of El Miron Cave in the Cantabrian Cordillera.