Des mammouths et des hommes

Epigravettian dwellings from Eastern Europe give the Mammoth a privileged place: in the spectacular and elaborated architecture of their huts, like in the leading site Mezhyrich. However, the range of hunted and/or eaten game shows a variety of species including small ones such as the hare, testifying economical choices or even cultural practices where the Mammoth is not dominant. Magdalenian cave art, in Western Europe, gives the Mammoth a significant, sometimes exceptional place, like in Rouffignac or Combarelles, next to the even more important place of the Bison or the Horse. However, the dietary habits of the artists prove the prominent value of the Reindeer compared with the Horse. In Western Europe, wide and different landscapes and environments produced an economical-cultural mosaic. In the eastern part of Europe, the strong uniformity of climates and environments promoted an economical and environmental block leading to a sedentary lifestyle of the people, demonstrated by the concentration of huts. In the dreams of the hunters, as well as in their daily life, the incredible complexity of the relationship between men with animals revealed its creative and nourishing power.     

Stratégies reproductives et transmission des gènes: grâce aux femmes et malgré les hommes ?

Study of animal behavior reveals that the main concern of every living organism is gene transmission, whatever the society in which it lives. Different reproductive strategies exist according to species, type of gamete production, and also sex. In mammals, some kind of reproductive antagonism may exist between males and females. The differential expression of some genes according to their parental origin has led to the conflict theory of genomic imprinting.     

Hétérosexualités, corps et care : l’exemple des hommes d’Ardecom

Ardecom (1979?C1986), an association that advocated male hormonal contraception, was set up in France following the 1970s?? feminist movement. By looking at the life of the men who tried out hormonal contraception, we will see how they proposed another model of ??heteromasculinity??. This article refers to interviews and the press coverage in the 1980s?? in which some of them mentioned their experiences.