: Mankind Behaving: Human Needs and Material Culture . James K. Feibleman.

Mankind adaptation and present human health.

The recent review article by Franchini and Mannucci [1] concerning the effects of the evolution of mankind on haemostatic balance through the observed increased prothrombotic risk among Caucasian populations compared to the Afro-Asiatic ones [2, 3] opens another window on the fascinating interaction between the adaptation of mankind and present human health (or modern diseases). It is already w...

Archaeology and material culture

This outstanding collection of papers documents the quality and quantity of historical archaeology research conducted on the island of Jamaica over the past thirty years. Jamaica offers a significant location for the investigation of the colonial enterprise in the Americas. Beginning with Spanish explorations and conquest in the sixteenth century, followed by British accession in 1655, the isla...

langauge needs analysis of undergraduate business management and economics students

the aim of conducting this study was to investigate the foreign language learning needs of undergraduate economics students and business management students in faculties of social sciences of alzahra and azad naragh university. in the study, which was designed on the basis of a qualitative-quantitative basis using interviews and questionnaires, 146 female undergraduate business management as we...

Cosplay - Material and Transmedial Culture in Play

Through “cosplay” (costume play) fans perform existing fictional characters in selfcreated costumes, thereby enriching and extending popular narratives. Cosplay is a scarcely studied form of appropriation that transforms and actualizes an existing story or game in close connection to the fan community and the fan’s own identity (Lamerichs, 2011; Newman, 2008; Okabe, 2012; Winge, 2006). The acti...

The History of Mankind