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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A Genetic Mystery Unraveled For years, scientists have tried to piece together the evolutionary puzzle of human language. What genetic shifts allowed humans to develop the intricate vocal control necessary for language? Research suggests that mutations in the human NOVA1 gene may have played a role in the development of language.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Châtelperronian sites are compiled from Pelegrin and Soressi ( 2007 ) and Soressi and Roussel ( 2014 ) modified. 2014 ) modified. Neanderthals vs. Modern Humans: Who Made What? Meanwhile, the Uluzzian industry has long been associated with modern humans. Uluzzian sites are compiled after Marciani et al.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

For decades, the story of how human pigmentation changed as Homo sapiens spread across Europe has been told in broad strokes. Early humans arrived from Africa with dark skin, and as they adapted to lower UV radiation in northern latitudes, their skin lightened—a simple narrative of evolutionary selection. DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2000.0403

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

But beneath its frozen surface lies a complex history of human migration, isolation, and adaptation. If precision medicine is truly the future, it must include all of humanity—not just those whose ancestors lived in temperate climates. American Journal of Human Genetics. DOI: 10.1126/science.aab2319 Moltke, I.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Moreover, this finding contributes to a broader narrative that places Neanderthals as active participants in the cultural evolution of early humans. Their ability to develop and share complex technologies like tar-making illustrates their pivotal role in shaping the trajectory of human development. A., & Langejans, G. Bentsen, S.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 8, 2025

A recent study sheds new light on its human history, highlighting the deep impact of migrations from New Guinea into this region approximately 3,500 years ago. Challenges of Deciphering Human Migrations Studying Wallacea’s genetic history isn’t without its challenges. Human Biology , 83(4), 587–607. Kealy, S.,

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2013

It is set to be published by Corwin Press on January 14, 2014. A connected learning model is empowering and ultimately creates a human-generated search engine for the most practical ideas and strategies being implemented in schools today. Currently there is a pre-publication discount of 15% for any orders before this date.

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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 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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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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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

I’ve never liked the idea that as teachers it is our job to “manage” students, but it wasn’t until I was reading research about human motivation for my doctoral program that I understood why I was feeling such a knee-jerk reaction when I heard the phrase “classroom management.” Hofferber, N., Miserando, M.

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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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Anthropology.net

MARCH 13, 2025

The findings suggest that, while they were competent bipeds, their running capabilities lagged far behind those of later human ancestors. Our simulations revealed that Lucy wasn’t as efficient or as fast at running as modern humans," the researchers explain. While humans today can sprint at speeds exceeding 20 mph, the best A.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 15, 2014

As we all take time to reflect on 2014, now is also a good time to look forward to 2015. At Digital Promise, we saw tremendous growth in 2014. At Digital Promise, we saw tremendous growth in 2014. ” Robert Bajor. Project Manager. Educator Micro-credentials. "With " Jennifer Kabaker. " Phil Martin.

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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. Right before my colleague retired in 2014, he asked if I would like to take it over, to which I firmly replied, “Yes!”

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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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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. Modern humans, while less adept climbers than other primates, still retain the physical capacity to engage in these activities. 1 Fannin, L.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: Experts haven’t typically worried about people with large student loan balances. The $50,000 is adjusted for inflation in constant 2014 dollars.). In 2014, almost third of borrowers with large debts had taken out their loans to finance their undergraduate education. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Wisconsin Scholars Grant recipients were 42 percent more likely to declare a STEM major than their peers, the study found. Humanities graduates averaged $48,733. percent from 2014 to 2024, compared to 6.4 Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

citizen or permanent resident research doctoral recipients in 2014 were black and 6.5 percent of doctorates in both the humanities and social sciences, but just 5.4 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, added 539 instructional staff members in 2014, more than any other higher-education institution.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

Leave this field empty if you're human: Recent college graduates, working as Americorps members, serve as Saga’s tutors. Monica Bhatt, senior research director of the U Chicago Education Lab, said results for kids in ninth and 10th grade during the 2014-15 school year are even more impressive. Choose as many newsletters as you like.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2017

Data from 911 two- and four-year colleges revealed that 96 percent of schools enrolled students who required remediation in the 2014-15 academic year, the most comprehensive recent numbers. In Nevada, for instance, 58 percent of the state’s recent high school graduates were placed in these courses in 2014.

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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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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: The kind of leadership and responsibility that shone through EB’s speech is actively encouraged at this unusual program in rural Maine. But since 2014, she says, when the district introduced this new outdoor project-based approach, students’ ambition and sense of identity have dramatically improved.

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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. There has been some progress. To capture this essence, science classes need to go beyond what is widely considered science content.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: The Alcorn School District in north Mississippi, which has been prioritizing literacy in the youngest grades for the past few years, is among several districts examining what initiatives have most helped improve literacy scores. Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

In 2014, the U.S. The 2014 federal guidance started that process and helped us hold ourselves accountable to equitable practices, but we have a long road ahead in ensuring that we replace the harsh, punitive practices that continue to exacerbate racial disparities. I am disheartened that U.S.

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Becoming a History Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2024

As Lindberg said in 2014 , “[censorship] also obliterates the genuine purpose of any history curriculum: to expose students to diverse and often conflicting perspectives, situate complex viewpoints in time and place and identify silences in the historical record—the very silences created by the abuses of power and authority.” Lindberg, M.

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Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Sustainable development ties together concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social, political, and economic challenges faced by humanity (Kahle and Gurel-Atay 2014). Make cities and human settlement inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable for all 12. Reduce inequality within and among countries 11.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Teaching will be one of the last jobs taken away by the robots, because software will never be the same as a human who is thinking about what you’re thinking and can use that understanding to say, `here, let me unlock this for you.’ ”. Andrew Rowland, co-founder and CEO of Classkick. “I I like to focus on the outliers,” Kohn said.

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APRIL 17, 2024

The San Francisco Unified School District, which in 2014 detracked math through ninthgrade, recently announced that it’s testing the reintroduction of a tracked system, following a lawsuit from a group of parents who alleged that detracking hurt student achievement. Credit: Amanda J. Then, for six years, the school made no other changes.

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MARCH 2, 2020

For the older students in the study, the ones who entered ninth grade between 2011 and 2014, researchers saw that students who attended these soft-skills high schools had fewer arrests throughout their high school years and graduated high school in greater numbers. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Weekly Update.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

From just before the recession until 2014, the latest year for which figures are available, higher education central system office staffs grew by nearly 4 percent, according to federal data analyzed by the American Institutes for Research in collaboration with The Hechinger Report. Why can’t one person do both jobs?”.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

In 2014, the Obama Administration jolted the education world with a report detailing unfair and racist school discipline practices across the country. Leave this field empty if you're human: Early research seemed promising. The Maine study was supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, a unit of the U.S.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Anthropology has been quite slow to embrace Helen Schwartzman’s insight in The Meeting: Gatherings in Organizations and Communities (1989) that meetings offer a vital window into collective human projects and organizations. Solitary confinement is torture, as defined by the United Nations and many of the world’s human rights organizations.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: But after three years of learning this way, the Teach to One students in grades six through eight scored no better on New Jersey’s annual math tests than other Elizabeth students who had learned math the usual way with the whole class on the same topic at the same time. Choose as many as you like.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The district’s human resources department plans to hire a staff member specifically to build this diverse pipeline of educators in the district. Since 2014, Grubb said, the largely Latino district has boosted teacher diversity by more than 30 percent, to a large extent by hiring Latino teachers to staff dual-language programs.

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