Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 13, 2024

A Glimpse into Europe’s Earliest Settlers Over 45,000 years ago, small groups of modern humans roamed the icy expanse of Ice Age Europe. Among these pioneers were individuals whose lives and genetic histories have now been reconstructed from the oldest modern human genomes yet sequenced.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 19, 2024

Cooking is often viewed as a significant turning point in human evolution. It not only provided the extra calories needed to support larger brains 1 but also transformed the way early humans interacted with their environment. Unlike other species, humans are biologically adapted to consume cooked food.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A recent study, published in the European Journal of Archaeology 1 , suggests these plaques may represent one of humanity's earliest attempts at recording genealogy—a non-verbal precursor to modern ancestry documentation. Journal : PLoS ONE , 2014. eyes, noses) weakens this claim. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0088296

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Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

Instead of that essay, I reflect here on the problematic my response in this anecdote highlights: balancing the patterned resonance of history and the total singularity of each life, in attempts to name and redress harm done at Mother and Baby Institutions (M&BIs) and in ethnographic work. Good material for an essay like this one.

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Becoming a History Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2024

But how should we approach this in the history classroom? As history teachers we often problematise controversial issues to ‘see both sides of an issue’. As always it is helpful to come back to the discipline of history and what it means to teach sensitive histories well. Grosvenor (2000, p.157),

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The genetic legacy of Neanderthals persists in modern humans, with 1-2% of non-African genomes composed of Neanderthal DNA—a determination made through comprehensive sequencing and comparison of ancient and modern genomes. “These beneficial traits spread rapidly in early human populations.”

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Much of that had to do with the fact that I was learning about Black histories for the first time. These stories of resilience and triumph allowed me to see my own humanity as a Black person, something I later realized I desperately needed. For me, the ability to teach Black history is a matter of life and death.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Human history is not just about where we came from but how we adapted to the ever-changing environments we encountered. Studies on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is inherited exclusively from the mother, found that all modern human mtDNA lineages trace back to a common ancestor in Africa, roughly 200,000 years ago.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2020

It probably means you’re not regularly talking with them about current events and they’re not getting a good education about American history in school. When he was 4 in 2014, I talked to him about how Michael Brown had been killed by the police. Malcolm X and Rosa Parks and the history of slavery and the Civil Rights Movement.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

And it will differ from programs in military studies at colleges around the country, which focus on strategy, military systems and the history of warfare. He said he believes Missouri’s program, first offered in 2014, was among the first in the country. The 39-credit curriculum is designed so that students can double major.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To build on our founders’ mission, the school began offering a women’s studies elective titled “Women and Society”, which I have proudly taught since 2014. The course covers the history of feminism then and now, which includes an extensive lesson on gender violence.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In their paper published in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 1 , the researchers argue that this type of play fulfills an evolutionary need inherited from our ape and early human ancestors. ” The researchers connect this concept to our evolutionary history. The fossilized remains of early hominins, such as the 3.3-million-year-old

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Anthropology.net

JUNE 23, 2024

A recent not-yet-peer-reviewed analysis 1 of ancient and modern genomes suggests that contemporary human Neanderthal DNA originated from a single, prolonged period of mixing approximately 47,000 years ago. Introduction A new study, recently released as a preprint on bioRxiv , sharpens the timeline for this crucial period in human history.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Between 1998 and 2014, the percentage of freshmen intending to major in science increased among most ethnic and racial demographics and also among women, according to a study by the National Science Foundation. History proves otherwise. There has been some progress.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

When Matt Johnson’s girlfriend was killed in gang crossfire in 2014, leaving him a single father to a 3-year-old girl, he knew it was time to do something different with his life. in crime reduction, according to a 2014 evaluation conducted for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. High school students create story maps to deepen their own learning and help others, in history, science, and even English literature.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The top 20 percent of earners saw their incomes rise by 95 percent in real terms between 1979 and 2014, whereas the middle three quintiles recorded just 28 percent growth, according to the Congressional Budget Office. And as wages have flat lined, college costs have spiraled.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Over the past two years, the district has hired six teachers from among its non-teaching staff, including a Black bus driver who recently earned his teaching credentials and now teaches history. The district’s human resources department plans to hire a staff member specifically to build this diverse pipeline of educators in the district.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2019

The researchers focused on more than 160,000 students under 25 who started either a two-year or a four-year degree program between 1999 and 2008 and continued to track their earnings through 2014. One possible interpretation of this study is that establishing a work history is even more important than getting a degree. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

One 2014 study found that kids who were held back when they were young were less likely to graduate from high school. Leave this field empty if you're human: It’s easy to argue about this extensive and muddy body of research. . “The United States is in the midst of the second largest immigration wave in its history.”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In November 2015, the federal agency that oversees and provides funding to state VR offices noted that many of the problems that led to Tennessee’s high-risk designation for 2016 were identical to those spelled out in an audit issued in December 2011, “establishing a long history of material non-compliance.”.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2019

A 10th grader, above, answers a question in one of those classes, which offers black history and culture along with social-emotional lessons and academic and college advice. Leave this field empty if you're human: Most of students in the class were ninth and 10th graders. Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2018

From Greensboro lunch counters to Tiananmen Square, youth have led significant campaigns for social and political change throughout history. Leave this field empty if you're human: Social studies is typically considered the most suitable subject area for developing citizenship skills and knowledge. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

s of color in the humanities and education and we still don’t have great diversity on these faculties. In 2014, for the first time, the nation’s K-12 student population was majority minority. Second, the most common excuse I hear is ‘there aren’t enough people of color in the faculty pipeline.’

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

In recent history, roughly half of first-year college students have been sent to remedial classes in math, English or both, according a 2016 Center for American Progress report. Leave this field empty if you're human: Policymakers have been trying to fix the system. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Proof Points.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

More than 800,000 people with disabilities found eligible for services received no assistance between 2010 and 2014, according to federal data. He lives in the Bronx, and in the fall of 2014, he was brimming with hope. In Louisiana, 44 percent of people found eligible for services never received any in 2014.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

million new tech jobs will be created between 2014 and 2024, many of them requiring people with data and computer-science credentials. Human beings who understand the discipline should be the ones doing that teaching.”. Jonathan Rees, professor of history, Colorado State University-Pueblo. Related: How to save the humanities?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

Regressive criminal justice policies and harsh school discipline policies are evil cousins that rob black and brown students’ humanity. According to Louisiana Department of Education, during the 2013-2014 school year, 13,535 of 61,201 total out of school suspensions were due to willful disobedience.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

A 2014 paper reviewing the impact of recovery programs, mostly at four-year colleges, found lower incidences of relapse for involved students and slightly higher GPAs and graduation rates compared to their peers overall. She uses the skills daily as a leader in the recovery housing where she lives near campus.

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Strange Maps

JANUARY 31, 2024

Credit : Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images) In 2014, a Chinese expedition moved the body to a more discreet location. 26,250 ft) counts as the “Death Zone,” where the air is too thin to sustain human life for long. The sun rising behind the summit of Mount Everest. Each year, hundreds attempt the ascent.

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Strange Maps

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Fatwa’ed by the Sultan, abolished by Atatürk In addition to the five standard daily prayers, Bektashis have two additional prayers, at dawn and dusk, for the welfare of all humanity. On a visit in 2014, Pope Francis praised Albania’s religious tolerance as an example for the world. Credit : Guerric Poncet/Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The suicide rate for children and young adults, ages 10 to 24, rose by 56 percent from 2007 and 2017 and is now the second leading cause of death among teenagers, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Some 3,000 high school students across the U.S. attempt suicide every day. “I Eli, student, Cambridge Rindge & Latin.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

John Jones asks a question to his students in AP Human Geography on August 18, 2016. The median household income in Oktibbeha County for black residents is $21,795 annually while the median income for white households is almost double, at $41,501, according to American Community Survey 2014 estimates. Photo: Nicole Lewis.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2017

Discussions on how to increase the percentage of teachers of color should start on the campuses of MSIs, which conferred 16 percent of all degrees in 2014. If I’m a student at an HBCU, am I supposed to learn the same Eurocentric history that is taught at predominately white institutions and schools? They also account for 27.9

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2023

In 2014, a state law prohibited districts from forcing students to transfer if they were recommended for expulsion but won their expulsion hearing. Ricky has a history of behavior problems in school, leading to detentions, Saturday school and occasional suspensions.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Enrollment in the Onalaska School District — which includes the town and outlying areas — rose by about 14 percent between May 2014 and May 2018, to 851 students. Onalaska, situated roughly halfway between Seattle and Portland, is proud of its history. He points to an empty field; students will eventually build a human sundial there.

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