EUROPEAN NENETS - ADAPTATION ABILITY AND EVOLUTIONARY PLASTICITY

''European Nenets: adaptation ability and evolutionary plasticity'' (b y Alexander Dregalo and Victor Ul'ianovski) argues for a clear-cut awa reness of the existential perils endangering the numerically small Nor dic nations. Current situation in the Nenets autonomous region of Russ ia harboring one of the of ancient sub-arctic civilizations is analyze d by the authors who distinguish aboriginal groups of ethno-traditiona lists and ethno-transfomants. It is concluded that the prospects faced by the Nordic ethnoses cry for modern infrastructure, new machinery f or local producers, and joint social creativity of both native populat ion and migrants.