Sahelian pastoralism is encountering difficult problems as population growth leads to the expansion of cropland at the expense of traditional pastures. Many analysts believe that pastoralism is bound to dis appear and is likely to be replaced by mixed crop–livestock farming systems, where livestock stay near the farms and provide milk, draft power, and manure for soil fertility (Boserup 1965; R...

Xinjiang serves as a hub for trans-Eurasian exchange. The hominids are supposed to be greatly influenced by the environment due fragile ecology and arid climate. As territory with most significant complex geomorphic units in Inner Asia, features diverse spectrum of forms, including mountains, basins, deserts, river valleys, oases. This paper presents systematic summary locations 127 Bronze Age ...

The Altiplano and more specifically the Titicaca circum-lake sector have recorded several major landscape transformations. In particular, changes in lake water level lead to a significant vulnerability contributed development of flexible diverse agropastoral activities pre-Columbian current populations climate change. Tiwanaku River, particularly because presence site, has been subject research...

Recent studies suggest that differential human male investment in mating (male-male competition and mate-seeking behavior) and parenting effort may be associated with variation in testosterone levels. The Ariaal present an interesting test case because marital relations tend to be aloof and direct paternal care minimal by cross-cultural standards. Polygyny is prevalent and increases with age, a...

This paper reports the results of a zooarchaeological analysis conducted on the occupation layer of a compound structure (Residential Unit 1) of the Pucara de Tilcara archaeological site (Jujuy Province, northwestern Argentina). Its occupation span extends between the 13th and 15th centuries AD, but evidence diagnostic of the Inka Period (AD 1430-1536) is predominant. Residential Unit 1 was a h...

We use the hybrid modeling laboratory of the Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics (MedLanD) Project to simulate barranco incision in eastern Spain under different scenarios of natural and human environmental change. We carry out a series of modeling experiments set in the Rio Penaguila valley of northern Alicante Province. The MedLanD Modeling Laboratory (MML) is able to realistically simulate gull...

In Africa, many pastoral households are increasingly settling in response to curtailed mobility and shrinking grazing areas. Households in pastoral areas are characterised by few resources, low income, low level of human and social capital, and limited access to markets and service institutions like credit institutions, extension and plant protection. This study was conducted to determine the f...

Forest management is a complex topic at the interface between sustainability and resilience of socioeconomic environmental systems. The influence market forces, supranational, country regional policies, as well climate change, on forest goods services, expected to increase in near future. Such interplay economic forces common most European countries. aim this study operationally delineate discu...