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Ancient Instincts, Modern Power Struggles: How Evolution Still Shapes Human Society

Anthropology.net

Human societies are built on layers of culture, law, and technology, yet beneath it all, some of the oldest instincts in the animal kingdom continue to shape our world. In A New Approach to Human Social Evolution 1 , neuroscientist and anthropologist Jorge A. At its core, the human brain retains an ancient architecture.

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PROOF POINTS: The number of college graduates in the humanities drops for the eighth consecutive year

The Hechinger Report

The drop in college graduates who majored in humanities ranges between 16 percent and 29 percent since 2012. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002. As the economy recovered, so did the humanities. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002.

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OPINION: Why Relational Intelligence is the key to thriving in the AI era

The Hechinger Report

We rewarded students for getting the right answers, for competing rather than collaborating, for mastering subjects rather than navigating human relationships. This years NAEP scores revealed that in both reading and math, most fourth- and eighth-graders still performed below pre-pandemic 2019 levels. for adults and children.

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Gathering Firewood—and Redefining Land Stewardship—at Bears Ears

Sapiens

These values rest on the belief that humans are apart from natural systems rather than a part of these systems, creating tensions for federal land managers and residents. These tensions point to a fundamental disconnect in understandings of how humans and landscapes are connected. What’s going on back there to have that blocked off?

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Want Students to Flourish? Teach Human Ecology

ED Surge

Initially, the built-in education to counteract uncontrollable mega-modernity was Home Economics—emphasis on economics. It protected health and mental stability and delivered the confidence that you had some control over human failure, at least within your own four walls. It taught civilian survival and resilience.

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The learning effect of air quality in classrooms

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: We’ve known for quite some time that pollution is bad for your health but researchers are documenting how it affects our brains. A 2019 draft, working paper of a study on university students in London also found that exposure to indoor air pollutants was associated with lower exam test scores.

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2024 - record-breaking and not in a good way

Living Geography

World Weather Attribution & @ClimateCentral show these were intensified by human-induced climate change. of human-induced warming, and highlights the urgency of moving away from planet-heating fossil fuels as quickly as possible. Alongside the UN analysis is a report from the World Economic Forum. and break records.