Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This new analysis, published in the journal Antiquity 1 , sheds unsettling light on the darker side of prehistoric human behavior. ” The Scene of the Massacre The story begins in the 1970s, when excavators first uncovered over 3,000 human bones and fragments deep within the Charterhouse Warren shaft. Examples of cranial trauma.

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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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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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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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Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 13, 2024

As syndemics can be traced back in time through bioarcheology and archival research, described in contemporary disease crises through ethnography and epidemiology, and projected into the further as a result of the ongoing cascade of emergent infectious diseases, teaching syndemics allows a wide historic perspective on human health.

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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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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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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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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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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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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

At Delta State, for instance, enrollment is down by nearly a quarter since 2014. Many of the programs affected are in the humanities and languages, making those disciplines less available to rural students than they are to urban and suburban ones. The university points out that there were no students at all in 10 of those majors.

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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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Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

When information about the disturbing nature of the unmarked common grave hit the international press in 2014, a scandal was born. Her argument has to do with the pitfalls of this, its tendency to impose hierarchies of deservingness and humanity, and possibilities otherwise.

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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. 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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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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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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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

These stories of resilience and triumph allowed me to see my own humanity as a Black person, something I later realized I desperately needed. I needed to learn about my people in order for me to see my own humanity, and for the students I’ve taught over the past 13 years, I know this to be true. I will never forget that moment.

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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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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. 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

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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The Hechinger Report

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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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 13, 2024

In a 2014 interview , historian Emilye Crosby asked Ladner, “When you look back, what are the things that seem most important to you or that stand out for you?” She replied, That I did the best that I could to make a difference in the world for humanity. All humankind. And that I would do the same thing over again.

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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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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

For elective courses, he said, they will be able to choose from topics like conflict resolution, death and the meaning of life, the role of the military in the modern world, military psychology, human memory, social ethics, human behavior in crisis, political psychology and an array of other courses on specific wars.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Department of Health and Human Services Office saying that the plan the state submitted in order to receive funds had been conditionally approved. Department of Health and Human Services, said that states are permitted to make changes to their plan, but they must submit an amendment within 60 days of a “substantial change in the program.”

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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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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2020

When he was 4 in 2014, I talked to him about how Michael Brown had been killed by the police. Ignoring anti-black policy and policing disrespects our shared humanity, let alone the American Flag. I explained why I watched the television so intently and how greatly people were upset that a person had died unnecessarily. All the time.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

About half the questions on the reading test were open-response, instead of multiple choice, and humans scored these sentences. First they trained their models by having them digest the scores that humans had given to thousands of student responses on these exact same questions. agreed with human judgment 88.8

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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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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

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

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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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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