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The Vanishing Traces of Our Earliest Ancestors in Indonesia

Sapiens

Between 1990 and 2020 for example, one province in Sumatra lost 4.63 million hectares in 2020. erectus geography but not in the way we expected. For more than 20 years, Indonesia has been increasing its highly profitable monocultural farming practices, such as palm oil production, which requires mass deforestation.

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The Ocean Floor Jawbone That’s Redrawing Denisovan History

Anthropology.net

Still, the geography offers clues. Nobody Knows — Yet. The fossil defies easy dating. Seawater had long since stripped away its collagen, eliminating possibilities for radiocarbon analysis. During Ice Age glacial periods, sea levels dropped, and Taiwan was connected to mainland Asia. Nature , 569, 409–412. link] Slon, V.,

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GTE Conference 2025 #9: International connections

Living Geography

He introduced himself to me by showing me the cover of 'Why Study Geography?' It was a pleasure to chat to Petr Knecht: from the University of Ostrava. on his phone and asking me whether that was me who'd written the book. He then showed me articles on Google Scholar where my book was referenced in his work and that of others.

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Vote for Digital Promise in the 2020 SXSW EDU PanelPicker

Digital Promise

It may be August, but we’re already planning ahead for SXSW EDU in March 2020. “Challenge Collaboratives” are a model of research-practice partnerships that engage educators and researchers across contexts and geographies to create outputs and outcomes that benefit schools nationwide.

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Bits and Bytes Don’t Leave Bones

Anthropology News

Whether shifting across geographies, languages, or systems, migration determines what knowledge endures and what is left behind. It dictates what is carried forward, what is altered, and what fades into obscuritynot through natural decay, but through deliberate and structural choices. It is not just about movementit is about survival.

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PROOF POINTS: Slightly higher reading scores when students delve into social studies, study finds

The Hechinger Report

A September 2020 study from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. Credit: Jason Bachman/Flickr.

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PROOF POINTS: Combining remote and in-person learning led to chaos, study finds

The Hechinger Report

Student failures during the 2020-21 school year prompted three districts in the study to abandon the dual approach and split into separate in-person only and remote only classes. . When the pandemic first hit in March 2020, Bartlett wanted to document the lives of teachers. It’s completely absurd.”. teaching work force.