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San Bushman Human–Lion Transformation and the “Credulity of Others” by Guenther, Mathias

“…Lion transformation, among San-Bushmen, is arguably the most dramatic and spectacular instance of animal transformation. Transformation is a central component…”
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Therianthropes in a Cartesian and an Animistic Cosmology: Beyond-the-Pale Monsters versus Being-in-the World Others by Guenther, Mathias

“…The nature of human-animal hybrid beings (or therianthropes) is examined in an Animistic (traditional San Bushman) and a Cartesian (Early Modern Western)…”
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GEORGE BERTRAND SILBERBAUER 1931–2013 by Guenther, Mathias

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"... THE EYES ARE NO LONGER WILD. YOU HAVE TAKEN THE KUDU INTO YOUR MIND": THE SUPEREROGATORY ASPECT OF SAN HUNTING by GUENTHER, MATHIAS G.

“…Drawing on historical /Xam and recent Kalahari San (Bushmen) sources, the paper examines an aspect of San hunting that is underreported in the ethnography on…”
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Humans and Elephants, Transforming and Transformed: Two Naro Myths about Ontological Mutability by Guenther, Mathias

“…Two myth texts were collected by the author from the Naro storyteller Qhomatcã in May 1995, on the motifs of ontological transformation and the equivalence of…”
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George Bertrand Silberbauer 1931-2013 by Mathias Guenther

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The Bushman Trickster: Protagonist, Divinity, and Agent of Creativity by Guenther, Mathias Georg

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War and peace among Kalahari San by Guenther, Mathias

“…Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the discrepancy between ethnohistorical accounts on north-western Kalahari San of the nineteenth to early…”
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Adaptation to life in aeolian sand: how the sandfish lizard, Scincus scincus, prevents sand particles from entering its lungs by Stadler, Anna T, Vihar, Boštjan, Günther, Mathias, Huemer, Michaela, Riedl, Martin, Shamiyeh, Stephanie, Mayrhofer, Bernhard, Böhme, Wolfgang, Baumgartner, Werner

“…The sandfish lizard, Scincus scincus (Squamata: Scincidae), spends nearly its whole life in aeolian sand and only comes to the surface for foraging, defecating…”
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Paradigmatic History of San-Speaking Peoples and Current Attempts at Revision [and Comments and Replies] by Wilmsen, Edwin N., Denbow, James R., Bicchieri, M. G., Binford, Lewis R., Gordon, Robert, Guenther, Mathias, Lee, Richard B., Ross, Robert, Solway, Jacqueline S., Tanaka, Jiro, Vansina, Jan, Yellen, John E.

“…Despite the controversy in the anthropological community since 1906, the "Kalahari San debate" is spurious. "Bushman" and "San" are invented categories and…”
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Pupillary Dilations of Mice Performing a Vibrotactile Discrimination Task Reflect Task Engagement and Response Confidence by Ganea, Dan Alin, Bexter, Alexander, Günther, Mathias, Gardères, Pierre-Marie, Kampa, Björn M., Haiss, Florent

“…Pupillometry, the measure of pupil size and reactivity, has been widely used to assess cognitive processes. As such, changes in pupil size have been shown to…”
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Oxen or Onions? The Search for Trade (and Truth) in the Kalahari by Lee, Richard, Guenther, Mathias

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N//àe ("Talking"): The Oral and Rhetorical Base of San Culture by Guenther, Mathias

“…Like many other small-scale hunter-gatherers, the San (or Bushmen) of southern Africa have a vibrant oral culture and a society that is structurally loose…”
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Current Issues and Future Directions in Hunter-Gatherer Studies by Guenther, Mathias

“…The field of hunting-gathering studies has been a contentious branch of anthropology since its inception two centuries back. The article reviews the…”
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Meanderings and musings in the field of San and hunter-gatherer studies by Guenther, Mathias

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South African/Xam Bushman Traditions and their Relationship to Further Khoisan Folklore by Guenther, Mathias

“…Review(s) of: South African /Xam bushman traditions and their relationship to further Khoisan Folklore, by Schmidt, S. 2013. Cologne, Rudiger Koppe Verlag, 251…”
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N// e (?Talking?): The Oral and Rhetorical Base of San Culture by Guenther, Mathias

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The return of myth & symbolism: articulation of foraging, trance curing & storytelling among San of the Old Way & today by Guenther, Mathias

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'... the eyes are no longer wild. you have taken the kudu into your mind': The supererogatory aspect of san hunting by Mathias G Guenther

“…Drawing on historical /Xam and recent Kalahari San (Bushmen) sources, the paper examines an aspect of San hunting that is underreported in the ethnography on…”
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San Spirituality Roots, Expressions, and Social Consequences by Guenther, Mathias

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