In solving environmental problems we face a double problem: so far unknown dimensions of uncertainty, and at the same time lost possibilities of solution. The first aspect focuses on specific patterns of risk perception and the problem of an increasing lack of knowledge in terms of what we should know in order to make decisions. The second aspect focuses on what follows from basic features of m...

Research on genetic influences on human fertility outcomes such as number of children ever born (NEB) or the age at first childbirth (AFB) has been solely based on twin and family-designs that suffer from problematic assumptions and practical limitations. The current study exploits recent advances in the field of molecular genetics by applying the genomic-relationship-matrix based restricted ma...

Societies are mostly using smartphones and the World Wide Web in the era of information technology, (IT). Information technology and its impact is revealed to everyone on modern society. IT enables communication worldwide but reduced face-to-face interaction, reduced physical activity, made headache, fatness, heart disease, diabetes, neck pain, cost, job loss, and so many other health problems....

This research explores the history and culture of African civilizations, from pre-colonial kingdoms empires to modern political, economic, social structures. It provides an overview civilizations their theorizing characteristics, then dives into looking at examines expansion including trans-Saharan trade, slavery, colonization, influence on cultures. looks preservation cultures, language preser...

n Lévi-Strauss’s distinction of hot and cold societies, when it comes to the question of the causation of the divergences, the different strands of analysis all point to one specific phenomenon. In non-literate, so-called “primitive”, non-civilized or non-industrial societies, interpersonal communication is more proximate and more immediate than in modern societies where, by contrast, relations...