Essays about: "ancestral reconstruction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words ancestral reconstruction.

1. 1. So close and yet so different: Reconstructing the phonological history of three Southern New Caledonian languages

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : William Zetterberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Historical linguistics; Comparative method; Reconstruction; Sound change; Phonology; Austronesian; Oceanic; Contact linguistics; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the phonological history of three languages spoken in southern New Caledonia: Aji�, T�r�, and X�r�c��. New Caledonia is an overseas special collectivity of France, located in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, which is home to a remarkable linguistic diversity, with around 28 distinct indigenous languages varieties spoken today. READ MORE

3. 2. Shifting perspectives through Choreography : a study on bodily rights from an Indigenous perspective

   University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för scenkonst

   Author : Marit Shirin Carolasdotter; [2021]
   Keywords : Indigenous; Dance; Choreography; Repatriation; Weaving; Body; Ritual; Indigeneity; Retribution;

   Abstract : In the current globalisation of the planet, Indigenous peoples are attempting to reclaim their lands from extraction and natural disruptions due to new sustainable energy projects and dam constructions. This study is exploring how choreography and dance are addressing the issue of exploitation of land and bodies, directly weaving together ideas of ancestry and indigeneity through gathered testimonies from three Indigenous choreographers. READ MORE

4. 3. Evolutionary History of Nickel-Dependent Enzymes : Implications for the Origins of Life.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning; Uppsala universitet/Paleobiologi

   Author : Reem Hallak; [2021]
   Keywords : nickel; enzymes; redox; origin of life; LUCA; ancestral reconstruction; phylogeny; phyletic patterns;

   Abstract : Nickel enzymes have been suggested, through numerous phylogenetic studies, to have been among the very first catalytic compounds on the early Earth, possibly present in the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) or prior to the onset of life. This is because of the type of reactions catalyzed by some of these enzymes, the nature of organisms that utilize them, their distribution in the tree of life, and their key roles in what is now thought of as possibly one of the oldest carbon fixation pathways, the Wood-Ljungdahl (WL) pathway. READ MORE

5. 4. Phylogenetic analysis of aquatic microbiomes : Evolution of the brackish microbiome

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

   Author : Ziling Deng; [2020]
   Keywords : Metagonome; Aquatic environments; Biodiversity; Evolution; Phylogenetic tree; Ancestor state reconstruction; Biome origin; Metagenom; vattenmiljöer; biologisk mångfald; utveckling; fylogenetiskt träd; rekonstruktion av förfäder; biom-ursprung;

   Abstract : Microorganisms play crucial roles in aquatic environments in determining ecosystemstability and driving the turnover of elements essential to life. Understanding thedistribution and evolution of aquatic microorganisms will help us predict how aquaticecosystems will respond to Global Change, and such understanding can be gained bystudying these processes of the past. READ MORE

6. 5. A phonological reconstruction of Proto-Omagua–Kokama–Tupinambá

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Olof Lundgren; [2020]
   Keywords : Omagua; Kokama; Tupinambá; Tupí–Guaraní; historical linguistics; comparative linguistics; contact linguistics; phonology; creole languages; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Las lenguas omagua [omg] y kokama [cod] de la familia tupí–guaraní constituyen ejemplos interesantes de contacto lingüístico en Amazonia. Esto es evidente de su léxico que es mayormente tupí–guaraní, con un gran porcentaje de formas no-tupí–guaraní, y la gramática, que es muy distinta de otras lenguas tupí–guaraní. READ MORE