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Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara Reveals a Lost North African Lineage

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This discovery reveals a deeply rooted and long-isolated genetic lineage in North Africa," said Nada Salem of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the study’s lead author. Ancient DNA allows us to reconstruct human history in unprecedented ways," said David Caramelli of the University of Florence.

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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors

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She planned to major in digital media arts, but before she could start, Delta State eliminated that major, along with 20 other degree programs , including history, English, chemistry and music. Azariah Journey is a second-year graduate student in history at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, which is cutting 20 degree programs. “Is

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Application of Archaeological Anthropology and Cultural Resources Management

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Click here for more details Aspects of the preservation and conservation of cultural intangibles include: folklore oral history language preservation Further reading: 1. Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn (2016) Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice. New York: Thames and Hudson 2. Deborah M.Pearsall (Ed.)

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The First Europeans: Ancient Genomes Reveal Complex Histories of Human Expansion and Neanderthal Interactions

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Among these pioneers were individuals whose lives and genetic histories have now been reconstructed from the oldest modern human genomes yet sequenced. “This shared Neanderthal ancestry marks a pivotal chapter in the history of modern humans outside Africa,” remarked Johannes Krause, the study’s senior author.

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Gathering Firewood—and Redefining Land Stewardship—at Bears Ears

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In 2016, the area was granted federal status as Bears Ears National Monument (BENM). Instead, it looks broadly at history, politics, ideologies, and other factors to explain how these harms emerge and get perpetuated across time and space. The BENM encompasses 1.36 As managers of federally protected lands in the U.S.

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The Evolution of Cooking: A Defining Moment in Human History

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Richard Wrangham, a retired professor of biological anthropology at Harvard University, noted 2 that starch grains can be detected in teeth dating back at least 50,000 years. The largest drop in the size of the chewing teeth in the history of human evolution occurred around 1.8 Nature Ecology & Evolution , 6 (12), 2016–2028.

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Doctors Are Taught to Lie About Race

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While studying to become a physician, I was one of the lucky few who had the chance to also study human genetic evolution and its impact on health—topics missing from most medical curricula but central to fields such as biological anthropology. The reason lies deep in human history. were not the result of scientific investigation.

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