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When Did Humans Start Talking? Genomic Evidence Pushes Language Back to 135,000 Years Ago

Anthropology.net

Traditionally, scholars have debated linguistic origins based on indirect clues—symbolic artifacts, brain size, or the complexity of tool-making. Fossils do not speak, and ancient DNA does not carry recordings of conversations. Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins. Palgrave Macmillan. Berwick, R. C., & Chomsky, N.

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The Path to Efficacy

A Principal's Reflections

Based on Eells's research, John Hattie positioned collective efficacy at the top of the list of factors that influence student achievement (Hattie, 2016). A combination of data and artifacts will tell you and anyone else whether or not goals were met. 2016, July). Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Loyola University of Chicago.

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Taking Schools and Education to Another Level With Digital Publishing

A Principal's Reflections

I was accompanied by NMHS Adobe guru Walt Pevny, who consistently integrates technology in his classroom to allow students to create artifacts to demonstrate learning. This is extremely relevant as about 1/3 of Americans and 760 million people globally will own a tablet in 2016. This statistic has major implications for schools.

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Strategic Minds of the Early Acheulian Toolmakers

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Exploring early Acheulian technological decision-making: A controlled experimental approach to raw material selection for percussive artifacts in Melka Wakena, Ethiopia. "Adaptation strategies of Early Pleistocene hominins to high-altitude environments." Journal of Human Evolution, 133 , 45–58. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.12.005

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A Massacre at the Edge of an Empire: DNA Identifies Victims of a 2,100-Year-Old Battlefield

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Meanwhile, scavengers searching for metal artifacts continue to disturb the ruins. Their deaths, once a mystery buried in the earth, now serve as a historical marker—one that reveals both the horrors of ancient warfare and the ambitions of empires that shaped the history of East Asia. Journal of East Asian Archaeology, 23 (2), 89-112.

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Becoming a Teacher Leader With Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

In 2016, I began exploring micro-credentials as a professional learning option for our district. For this micro-credential, Student Voice and Choice , I submitted artifacts from a research project that my ninth grade English students had completed a few months prior. This is why Digital Promise micro-credentials excite me.

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Application of Archaeological Anthropology and Cultural Resources Management

Anthropology for Beginners

archaeologists study past humans and societies primarily through their material remains – the buildings, tools, and other artifacts that constitute what is known as the material culture left over from former societies. Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn (2016) Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice. New York: Thames and Hudson 2.