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DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Study of Ancient Alaskan Canids To explore this complex history, a team of archaeologists led by François Lanoë from the University of Arizona analyzed 111 sets of bones from canids unearthed at archaeological sites across interior Alaska. Thesis : University of Calgary , 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.jaa.2019.101081

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APRIL 2, 2025

Implications for North African Prehistory This discovery reshapes the understanding of early human history in North Africa, emphasizing the complexity of ancient population dynamics in the Sahara. Ancient DNA allows us to reconstruct human history in unprecedented ways," said David Caramelli of the University of Florence.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My desire to know exploded.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 18, 2025

It exemplifies how ancient populations balanced coexistence and diversity, paving the way for future exploration of genetic and cultural intersections in human history. Related Research **Pohl, W. “The Avars: A Steppe Empire in Central Europe, 567–822.” ” Cornell University Press. ” Nature Communications.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 14, 2025

"We see a lag between when the genetic evidence tells us language capacity was present and when symbolic artifacts appear in the record," notes Ian Tattersall, a paleoanthropologist at the American Museum of Natural History and co-author of the study. This challenges the long-held view that language and symbolism arose in tandem.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 13, 2024

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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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 20, 2019

“I had been taught, in school, through cultural osmosis, that the flag wasn’t really ours, that our history as a people began with enslavement and that we had contributed little to this great nation.”. Legislators, history activists and those who want to project a positive view of the U.S. Learning the sordid details of U.S.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 1, 2025

The Bone Archive of Human History If genes are blueprints, skulls are blueprints weathered by time. Yet the ancient record, preserved in bone, reminds us that the human face has always been a product of history—a moving target shaped by who we are, what we eat, and where we go. A paleogenomic history of southeastern Europe.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 2, 2025

In 2018, approximately 15 percent of American students were considered chronically absent ; in 2022, that number had risen to 28 percent. And every day, I had to ask myself: If some students missed class today, and others would miss class tomorrow, how could I possibly ensure that every student truly learns?

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 30, 2025

“It suggests that grammatical complexity, like genetic variation, can reflect the demographic history of a population,” the study concludes. They also controlled for genealogical relationships between languages to prevent redundancy. What remained was a clear, statistically robust trend. link] Reich, D.

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MARCH 31, 2025

For this reason, indigenous cultures worldwide, throughout history and prehistory, have viewed children as 'active agents'—mediators between this world and the entities inhabiting the natural world, the underworld, and the cosmos as a whole."​ Journal of Archaeological Science , 137, 105542.​

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

History “may cause them to not see the investment in a public school education as a good use of their time,” said Dallas Pettigrew, director of Oklahoma University’s Center for Tribal Social Work and a member of the Cherokee Nation. Schools also must navigate distrust dating back to the U.S.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Rethinking Early Ironworking The presence of meteoritic iron in Polish burial sites adds another layer to the complex history of early iron use in Europe. Archaeometry, 50 (2), 232-237. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00385.x 1475-4754.2008.00385.x Johnson, D. The role of meteoritic iron in early ironworking technologies." DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2018.04.010

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 26, 2025

The early human settlement of South America stands as one of the last great migrations in human history, yet the environmental conditions that shaped this journey remain debated. The ability to inhabit regions experiencing severe cold suggests a level of resilience that may have been underestimated. R., & Stafford, T.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Within a few decades, they built an empire that stretched from the Eurasian steppe to the heart of Central Europe, reshaping political landscapes and leaving an imprint on European history. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0094-2 Examines the genetic history of steppe populations, including the Scythians, Sarmatians, and early Turkic groups.

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Zinn Education Project

JULY 17, 2024

March for Children in Chicago, 2018. Students are impervious to lies when they know the history and can think critically. Mexico War: “We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God” Lesson by Bill Bigelow This interactive activity introduces students to the history and often untold story of the U.S.-Mexico Mexico War.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

The discovery of an Epigravettian layer at Grotta della Lea now provides a new chapter in this long history, capturing a time when small bands of hunter-gatherers were adapting to life at the edge of the Last Glacial Maximum. Scientific Reports, 12 (1), 5609. Examines late Neanderthal survival in Italy before the arrival of Homo sapiens.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Johnson feels about Friday,” she told the students as she paced around the cafeteria in an “I am black history” shirt. “If High school teacher Donell Harrell said he was almost fired for staging a Black History Month program. She liked the people and the culture and the history. You know how Ms. Nonetheless, she was watching.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In 2018, I demonstrated the presence of female lineages in the Early Iron Age record from France , as Caroline Trmeauds big-data analysis of burials from the North Alpine region again revealed consistent high levels of female burial wealth.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona credited the largest federal investment in education in history – roughly $200 billion – for keeping the United States “in the game” during the pandemic. Neither India nor China, which topped the rankings in 2018 , participated in the 2022 PISA. The tests were administered in 2022.)

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JUNE 20, 2020

Lourdes Torrey was only a few weeks into her first year at the University of Missouri in 2018 when she heard a white student in the dorm room next to hers use the N-word. In a state where almost one-third of residents are Black, in 2018, only 8 percent of students at the flagship university were Black and only 3 percent were Black men.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 7, 2024

Discovered in 2018 in the Shanidar Cave of Iraqi Kurdistan, her remains have sparked fascination and intrigue among researchers seeking to unravel the mysteries of human evolution. Courtesy Netflix The Neanderthal Legacy: Insights into Ancient Human History Shanidar Z's story is just one chapter in the rich tapestry of Neanderthal history.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2023

One compelling reason for bringing this type of research into the classroom is that according to psychologists, family histories can link with our ongoing psychological ‘project of the self’ and might have a therapeutic benefit for our wellbeing (Nicholson, 2018). 2018) Family trees, selfies and our search for identity.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This serves as a stark reminder of how fragile our connection to deep history is. Conclusion: A New Chapter in Human History The rainforest discovery in Côte d'Ivoire is more than just a fascinating footnote in our species' story—it is a fundamental shift in how we perceive early human adaptability. Blinkhorn, J. Elliott, S.,

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MAY 1, 2020

And the California State University system as a whole is one of the biggest remote educators in the country; more than 150,000 students took online courses there in the 2018-19 academic year. A history with online education made this spring’s transition easier for some schools.

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JUNE 16, 2021

Schools have a long history of policing Native students’ graduation attire, often citing longstanding policies that all students must look alike and that deviations from the standard cap and gown are distracting. But James Ramos, who is the first Native American to serve in the California legislature, doesn’t think the law goes far enough.

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MARCH 10, 2025

They were the remains of animals deeply intertwined with the histories and cultures of Indigenous communities. Lakota elder Milo Yellow Hair looks over bison skulls stored in the CU Museum of Natural History. Virtue Ethics and the Practice of History: Native Americans and Archaeologists Along the San Pedro Valley of Arizona."

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Spokespeople from the schools say the criticism doesn’t reflect the fact that they often enroll students who are struggling academically, are enrolled for short periods, and have a history of changing schools frequently, a metric shown to hurt academic performance. They also say they are taking steps to improve retention and graduation rates.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 18, 2021

Since launching in March 2018, MY World 360 ° has screened 31 immersive stories at UN events around the world. Leading up to the SDG Global Festival of Action , we’re thrilled to announce a new MY World 360 ° playlist featuring immersive storytelling and design projects from across the globe.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

The history of scientific exploration is plagued by the explicit biases of those who perform research in their institutions and therefore hold power. As of 2018, membership was still only 9 percent female. History proves otherwise. Black Lives Matter, demanding conversations around racism at research institutions.

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JULY 6, 2020

They graduated from Amherst College in 2018. Kyndall Ashe, 2018 graduate of Amherst College. If you’re wondering if you can say the N-word, Black at Tulane has a detailed Instagram story explaining the history of the word and who should and shouldn’t say it.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Many colleges and universities have a history of mismanaging their finances, increasing spending even as enrollments fell or going deeply into debt to construct new buildings. million in 2018. Their combined enrollment fell from 3,264 students in 2012-13 to 2,227 in 2018-19, according to federal data. million in 2018.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The number of open badges awarded nearly doubled from 24 million in 2018 to 43 million in 2020. College enrollment has been on the decline, dropping 7 percent between 2010 and 2018. And major companies and industry groups are increasingly getting into the credentialing game, exemplified by firms such as IBM and Google.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

It wasn’t until my first day of high school, in history, that a window of understanding was opened for me. The teacher used a curriculum from Facing History and Ourselves , an educational nonprofit that provides teachers with tools to engage their students in examining bigotry. .” Sign up for our newsletter.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In March of 2018, Tenaya Middle School officials in Fresno, California pulled a 14-year-old male student out of class for a haircut with shaved-in designs. Booker’s interest was piqued after 16-year-old New Jersey wrestler, Andrew Johnson, was ordered by a referee in 2018 to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit his match.

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Digital Promise

MAY 16, 2019

The answer is complicated, as is the history of immigration in the U.S. For example, Facebook became a corporate supporter and partner of our work in 2018 with a grant through their Community Boost program. First, many of our program participants are bilingual but prefer to learn in their native tongue.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Missouri Western State University eliminated majors, minors and concentrations in English, history, philosophy, sociology, political science, art and other subjects. Spending on higher education fell in 16 of the 20 most rural states between 2008 and 2018, when adjusted for inflation.

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