During the 2013 International Liver Congress in Amsterdam, EASL recognized the career and achievements of Professor Jesus Prieto. Hepatologists from all over the world celebrated the liver scholar, scientist, mentor, academic leader, physician and, for many of us, the friend. We recognize somebody because they have given testimony: Prof. Jesus Prieto showed us how to enjoy the richness of acade...

Competitiveness pervades life: plants compete for sunlight and water, animals for territory and food, and humans for mates and income. Herein we investigate human competitiveness with a natural experiment and a set of behavioral experiments. We compare competitiveness in traditional fishing societies where local natural forces determine whether fishermen work in isolation or in collectives. We ...

technology affected human life in many ways in different eras of mankind history. today, the information and telecommunication technology has revolutionized basic structures of human life. changes are from the whole to the parts and vice versa, which include family and society too. family lost its former structure in the information age and differentiated from patriarchy family. societies have ...

technology affected human life in many ways in different eras of mankind history. today, the information and telecommunication technology has revolutionized basic structures of human life. changes are from the whole to the parts and vice versa, which include family and society too. family lost its former structure in the information age and differentiated from patriarchy family. societies have ...

Humans exhibit hand preference for most manual activities in which they are specialized. Right- and left-handers have coexisted at least since the Upper Palaeolithic, and left-handers are in the minority in all human populations. The persistence of the polymorphism of handedness is a puzzle because this trait is substantially heritable and several fitness costs are associated with left-handedne...

This paper presents codes on the highest number a society can count to. In the original study (Divale 1999) these codes were used to test a model that explains the variability in counting systems found in traditional societies. Societies that live in areas of climatic instability in terms of temperature and precipitation extremes tend to have period starvation and famine, which in turn stimulat...

In recent years, there has been an increasing worldwide interest in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This increasing demand for TCM needs to be accompanied by a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of action of TCM-based therapy. However, TCM is often described as a concept of Chinese philosophy, which is incomprehensible for Western medical society, thereby creating a gap between TCM and ...

Teen motherhood is the prevalent childbearing pattern in most traditional populations. Yet early motherhood is associated with negative biological and social outcomes in the developed world. We review the teen pregnancy literature in light of this discrepancy, emphasizing two core debates. The first debate centers on whether teens have poor pregnancy outcomes compared to older women, and whethe...

livestock have made major contribution to human societies by providing food, shelter, fuel, and services.  sheep and goat are economically important livestock play an important socioeconomic role for small and large farmers in libya.  small ruminant animal meat is popular for libyan customers, and demand is particularly high during religious and cultural festivals.  small ruminants is valued fo...