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    The acheulean handaxe: More like a bird's song than a beatles' tune?

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    The goal of this paper is to provoke debate about the nature of an iconic artifact— the Acheulean handaxe. Specifically, we want to initiate a conversation about whether or not they are cultural objects. The vast majority of archeologists assume that the behaviors involved in the production of handaxes were acquired by social learning and that handaxes are therefore cultural. We will argue that this assumption is not warranted on the basis of the available evidence and that an alternative hypothesis should be given serious consideration. This alternative hypothesis is that the form of Acheulean handaxes was at least partly under genetic control

    Sterile Debates and Dubious Generalisations: An Empirical Critique of European Integration Theory Based on the Integration Processes in Telecommunications and Electricity

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    Ethnographic showcases, 1870-1930

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    Valuation of leadtime reduction in multi-stage production systems

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    Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Characterization of Americium Complexes Containing the Bis[(phosphino)methyl]pyridine-1-oxide (NOPOPO) Ligand Platform

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    The crystal structures of americium species containing a common multifunctional phosphine oxide ligand, reported for its ability to extract f elements from acidic solutions, namely, 2,6-[Ph<sub>2</sub>P­(O)­CH<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>3</sub>–NO, <b>L</b>, were finally determined after over three decades of separations studies involving these species and their surrogates. The molecular compounds Am­(<b>L</b>)­(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub>, <b>Am 1:1</b>, and [Am­(<b>L</b>)<sub>2</sub>(NO<sub>3</sub>)]­[2­(NO<sub>3</sub>)], <b>Am 2:1</b>, along with their neodymium and europium analogues, were synthesized and characterized using single-crystal X-ray crystallography, attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and luminescence spectroscopy to provide a comprehensive comparison with new and known analogous complexes
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