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Buried Together: What an Israeli Cave Reveals About Early Human and Neanderthal Life

Anthropology.net

Instead, it points to the possibility of shared traditions, passed between groups over time. It challenges the notion that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens existed in opposition, instead painting a picture of cooperation and shared traditions. Tinshemet Cave during the excavations. Credit: Yossi Zaidner. Did they hunt together?

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By suspending protesting students, what lessons are Syracuse University leaders teaching?

The Hechinger Report

Law enforcement agencies reported 7,175 hate crimes in 2017, up from 6,121 in 2016. . According to the 2018 Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s annual Hate Crime Statistics report , law enforcement agencies reported 7,175 hate crimes in 2017, up from 6,121 in 2016. Colleges can’t suspend dissent away — that’s not how it works.

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

We hope students of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage share their experiences and their cultural traditions with their peers, and teachers include the contributions of Asian and Pacific Americans to our collective history in lessons this month. They helped shape our country into what it is today. Inouye served in the U.S.

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Gradual Growth: The Evolution of Human Brain Size

Anthropology.net

Revisiting Assumptions About Brain Evolution Traditional views of human evolution suggested that brain size underwent sudden, transformative increases between species, akin to major technological leaps. This gradual pattern of brain growth reflects the adaptive pressures faced by early humans and their relatives. Triki, Z., & Bshary, R.

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Did Gut Microbes Help Fuel the Evolution of Large Human Brains?

Anthropology.net

This suggests that the shared trait of having large brains, rather than ancestry, shaped these microbial communities. Traditional human populations and nonhuman primates show parallel gut microbiome adaptations to analogous ecological conditions. American Journal of Primatology, 80 (3), e22867. DOI:10.1002/ajp.22867 DOI:10.1002/ajpa.22908