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26036
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Conservationists believe Maasai people are threatening wildlife, but anthropologist Paul Leslie points out that the Maasai are a part of nature too. Now that the Maasai are forbidden to live in the Serengeti National Park, Leslie is studying the consequences of change for Maasai families and their health.
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26077
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Bruce Winterhalder, an anthropologist and behavioral ecologist, researches motives of hunter-gatherers sharing food. One explanation he found is avoiding risk. Winterhalder also uses mathematical models to learn how foragers make decisions about which prey or plants to harvest.
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26074
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Richard Mailman is a professor of psychiatry, pharmacology, and medicinal chemistry. His research has focused on dopamine receptors and their potential as treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Mailman’s lab is currently studying drug tolerance of dopamine receptors.
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Clark Larsen, professor of anthropology, helped set forth the field of bioarcheology, which interprets behavior from the human skeleton. He is examining skeletons of the twelfth century Guale people who lived in coastal Georgia and Florida. The skeletons revealed information about disease, nutrition, fishing and agricultural practices.
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A recent Sea Grant publication by Jim Sabella and Marcus Hepburn helps agencies regulating the State's fisheries to know something about the people and communities they are regulating--their values, their history, and their culture, which includes areas like Harkers Island with rich old fishing and boat-building traditions.
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North Carolina's coast is extremely dynamic and the risks of beach erosion are constant. Although there are some areas of the coast that are accreting, or gaining width, the majority of the coastal runs the risk of being lost into the ocean.
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7544
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In 1995, the Stonecutter Mill, located in Spindale in Rutherford County, was the center of life for the town. The mill ran three shifts, and times were good. In June 1999, the plant began shutting down for good. Caudle examines forces affecting the textile industry in North Carolina, including lower priced foreign goods and rising labor costs.
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