China plays a crucial role in the contemporary fiction of Vladimir Sorokin. Sorokin’s
fascination with the country parallels a heightened geo-political awareness of China in an …

Modern humans have populated Europe for more than 45,000 years 1 , 2 . Our knowledge of
the genetic relatedness and structure of ancient hunter-gatherers is however limited, owing …

OBJECTIVES: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an increasingly common, chronic, relapsing,
inflammatory skin disease characterized by impaired epidermal barrier function and cutaneous …

Bracketed by the Zagros, Hindukush, Altai, and Himalaya Mountains, Central Asia was a likely
a migration route for early people moving into North and East Asia. Because of its central …

The base-Artinskian Stage GSSP is defined at 0.6 m above the base of bed 4b at the Dal’ny
Tulkas section in the southern Urals of Russia (53.88847 N and 056.51615 E). This point …

In post-Soviet Russia, neo-Eurasianist ideologies have played a prominent role, and for
more than two decades, discussions of geopolitical integration in Eurasia have dominated …

The Mechetlino Quarry section is a potential candidate for the Global Section Stratotype and
Point (GSSP) for the base of the Global Kungurian Stage on the International Stratigraphic …

Four new species of small foraminifers, Hemigordius infantem sp. nov., Pseudoammodiscus
valeryi sp. nov., Nodosaria septumlamellosa sp. nov., and N. zebra sp. nov., are described …

This article examines the representation of Bakhta, a Siberian village, in Dmitrii Vasiukov’s
documentary mini-series Happy People (2007) and draws parallels with Vasiukov and …

Lateenoglobivalvulina nov. gen. (Biseriamminoidea, Foraminifera) is introduced for biserial
tests with a coiled initial part and a rectilinear evolute terminal part. The test has globular …