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Culturally adapting opportunists, or On the diversity of ecological niches of Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758. Column for Computerra #116
Thus, throughout its history, our species has changed its ecological niches. Recognizing this fact, we immediately find ourselves faced with the necessity of classifying these niches, describing their dynamics, and …
Kazan–Yelabuga. Almost Random Photographs
Photographs capturing a couple of fragments (a walk through Kazan and the ceremonial events in Yelabuga) from a trip to Tatarstan for a teachers’ festival
Six traditional ecological niches and six social worlds of traditional human cultures. Column for Computerra #117
Each of the main ways of life generates its own population structure of people. I will try to pick different words to denote the typical groups of people associated with …
The Inevitable Fate of the Forest-Steppe, or The Hidden Springs of History. Column for Computerra #118
First: the history of Sloboda Ukraine is partly programmed by the differences between forest and steppe niches available to members of traditional cultures. Second: we view the history of the …
Philosophical primer: what we know, what we will never know, and when we have to rely on presumptions. Column for Computerra #119
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Shabanov (2013) Lecture on the Study of Green Frogs for Students in Yekaterinburg
As a condition of my stay in Yekaterinburg, I was required to deliver an open lecture to any students who wished to attend. The presentation from my talk is posted …
Shabanov (2013) Conference Presentation on Developmental Anomalies in Yekaterinburg
From September 23 to 26, 2013, I had the honor of participating in the International School-Conference "Anomalies and Pathologies of Amphibians and Reptiles: Methodology, Evolutionary Significance, and the Possibility of …
To Yekaterinburg and Back. September 2013.
A series of photographs documenting a flight from Moscow to Yekaterinburg and back (for a conference-school dedicated to amphibian and reptile anomalies), as well as interactions with colleagues and walks …
Olenyi Ruchyi. A Nature Park in the Middle Urals. September 26, 2013
The conference-school on amphibian and reptile anomalies ended with a truly wonderful excursion to the Middle Urals. The photographs shown here are a small fragment of that trip.
Shabanov (2007) On Clonal Evolution of Genomes
Shabanov D.A. Hybrid frogs Rana esculenta that produce gametes of both parental forms: a result of independent clonal evolution of genomes? // Proceedings of the conference “Modern Problems of Biological …
Anomalous Frogs and Environmental Health: Searching for New Approaches at the Europe-Asia Border. Column for Компьютерры #120
Let us hope that researchers of amphibian anomalies will navigate between Scylla of science that works on the principle of «What would you like?» and Charybdis of immersion in a …
On Skin Color: A Discussion of a Human Adaptation with Justification of Far-Reaching Conclusions on the Specifics of the Action of Ecological Factors. Column for Kompyuterra #121
Why is the skin of indigenous Africans darker than the skin of indigenous Europeans? If this question seems too simplistic, one more detail can be added: why is the skin …