The obvious question arises as to why, if peoples became dwarf-like over time because of a reduced resource base, relative genetic isolation, etc., did it not occur in many other parts of the Pacific where islands such as Rapa Nui, Tasmania, the "mystery" islands and numerous coral atolls which were, in comparison to Palau, much more isolated and resource impoverished?
It's a resource that we share, and the resource is impoverished when words are redefined, weaponized, or otherwise co-opted and bent out of shape.
It is at once foreign but familiar, rich in resources yet impoverished, bucolic yet violent.
They came to the fore during Japan's rapid industrialisation in the late 19th century, procuring material from overseas for the resource-impoverished country and handling the export of finished goods.
In the resource-rich back end, a full-fledged representation of the taxonomy is provided, while in the resource-impoverished sensor network, a highly optimized representation is used instead.
The West African nation's gross domestic product per capita fell 9% last year to $621, ranking it 154th out of 184 countries tracked by the International Monetary Fund, below resource-impoverished Haiti.
Wireless sensor and actor networks (WSANs) are made up of a large number of sensing devices which are resource-impoverished nodes and powerful actuation devices: both are equipped with computation and communication capabilities.
The islands in East Polynesia, for instance, are among the most remote and, in environmental terms, resource-impoverished landmasses in the world, yet despite these conditions there is no evidence on any Polynesian island for a trend to small-body size in prehistory [e.g., 81], [82].
Soup kitchens are often an essential resource for deeply impoverished individuals across the United States.
Up to 80% of the poultry in Africa and Asia are kept in backyard-type systems (3, 4 ), and these birds represent a substantial economic resource for impoverished rural populations.
In addition to expressing historically-contingent socio-political relationships, it is argued that these networks formed part of a range of socio-economic risk-buffering strategies to offset the dry season impoverished terrestrial resource base (plant foods and drinking water) of reef islands.
