The different opinions have been put forward about the neolithization of Azerbaijan. Some researchers note that South Caucasus’ Neolithic culture is related to Mesopotamia by origin; some this developed based on local traditions. New researches conducted in territory Nakhchivan are essential for solving these problems. excavations Kultepe I, located near city Nakhchivan, led discovery new facts...

As in most industrialized countries, sex ratios in the Soviet Union revealed little evidence of son preference: sex ratios at birth fluctuated around the biological norm of 1.05 males to females in the western republics as well as in the more traditional, less industrialized republics in Central Asia and the Caucasus. This is as expected in light of the Soviet state’s longstanding efforts to pr...

Abstract Historically, the Caucasus has always been object of special interest dominant international actors due to its favourable geographical location. Such continues today. Despite difficulties in region (internal conflicts, different economic and political environments), countries-Georgia, Armenia Azerbaijan-are taking significant steps towards establishing close solid relations with Europe...

Azerbaijan in the south caucasus region of far southeastern Europe has a long history of malaria endemicity but just successfully eliminated local transmission. After a period of relatively stable malaria situation (1960-1970), the country witnessed an epidemic followed by a series of outbreaks of various magnitudes in the following two decades, all caused by Plasmodium vivax Compared with 1993...

The paper proposes a socioeconomic framework of supply, demand, and regulation to explain the development of sex-selective abortion in several parts of the world. The framework is then applied to three countries of southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) where sex-selective abortion has developed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The authors argue that sex-selective abortion ...

African swine fever is widespread in Africa but has occasionally been introduced into other continents. In June 2007, African swine fever was isolated in the Caucasus Region of the Republic of Georgia and subsequently in neighboring countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and 9 states of the Russian Federation). Previous data for sequencing of 3 genes indicated that the Georgia 2007/1 isolate is closel...

The South Caucasus (SC) region is recognized for its high biological diversity and various endemic animal taxa. area has experienced many fish introductions over the years, but overall information about non-native fishes in three SC countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia did not exist. Although these countries belong to Kura River drainage, Caspian Sea basin (only western half of drains into B...

ABSTRACT Recent years have seen the rapid expansion of airborne and spaceborne remote-sensing products adopted by archaeologists for interpreting ancient landscapes managing heritage resources. A growing increasingly specialized literature attests to promise availability commercial publicly funded satellite imagery, as well UAV-mounted sensors across a range resolutions price points. In South C...

New records on 32 species of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793 (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from Caucasus region are presented. alievi Dathe & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. is described Azerbaijan. Eight newly recorded Caucasus: araxanus (Warncke, 1981), H. excelsus (Alfken, 1936), intermedius Förster, 1871, iranicus Dathe, 1980, kotschisus oblitus 1972), soror (Pérez, 1903), and trifidus 1936)....