Centre for Research in Anthropology

Naming Nature: Exploring the Flexibility of Ethnoclassifications of Mammals in Guinea-Bissau

Naming non-human beings enables humans to relate to and establish relationships with different organisms, and is a way of classifying the world around them. Understanding how different groups of people carry out ethnoclassifications of non-human animals is important for establish...

Negative Life Events and Entrepreneurial Propensity: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Locus of Control

This study aims to assess how negative life events, social norms, and need for achievement influence entrepreneurial propensity, and to examine whether resilience and locus of control mediate these relationships. To carry out this study, a quantitative methodology was used throug...

Analysing Lost Highway as a Non-deterministic Narrative Structure: Initiating Déjà Vu-like Recognition to Establish Non-causal Linkage

This article examines how repetition produces déjà vu-like recognition in non-deterministic narrative cinema. Focusing on David Lynch’s Lost Highway (1997), it argues that the film’s repetitions do not lead to conventional repetition–resolution, but instead organise an entangled...

Comparative analysis of African cattle, sheep and goat genomes reveal convergence and divergence to contrasting environments

African livestock have co-existed and co-adapted to Africa’s diverse eco-climates which have likely impacted their genomes. Such impacts however remain poorly investigated across multiple livestock species. Using whole genome sequences of African cattle, sheep, and goats in Ethio...

Whole genome comparative analysis shows limited Escherichia coli co-occurrence within co-habiting humans and dogs

Abstract Background Dogs are one of the most popular companion animals in the UK, with an estimated 13.5 million within UK households. Within these households, human-animal physical interactions may lead to inter-species bacterial sharing, including Escherichia coli . E. coli is...