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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Across time, past humans frequently migrated , mated with, or displaced people they encountered in other regions—resulting in a tangled tree of human ancestry. But sickle cell anemia is neither unique to nor characteristic of people with African ancestry. Lewontin died at age 92 in 2021.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

On March 16, 2021, a 21-year-old white man went on a targeted shooting rampage across Atlanta, driving 30 miles to three massage businesses and killing eight people, the majority of whom were Asian women. A vigil attendee honored the victims of the anti-Asian spa shootings in Atlanta by remembering their names on March 21, 2021.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The findings, published in Nature Communications 1 , reveal a wealth of information about the boy's ancestry, physical traits, health, and the environment in which he lived, offering a rare glimpse into the lives of prehistoric humans. Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Palaeolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 13, 2024

“Most non-Africans today carry 1-2% Neanderthal ancestry, underscoring the impact of these interactions on the settlement of regions outside Africa.” The Genomic Landscape of Neanderthal Ancestry in Present-Day Humans Authors : Sankararaman, S., Origins of Modern Human Ancestry Authors : Bergström, A.,

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Anthropology.net

JUNE 23, 2024

For instance, ancient individuals from Oase and Bacho Kiro showed very recent Neanderthal ancestry, suggesting frequent interactions with Neanderthals, even if their lineages did not persist. Neandertal ancestry through time: Insights from genomes of ancient and present-day humans. 1 Iasi, L. Chintalapati, M., Hajdinjak, M.,

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

But Dee said, between fall 2019 and fall 2021, enrollment declined by 2.5 Sent home in March 2020, the youngest children went back part-time in April 2021; for the vast majority of middle and high school students, schools didn’t reopen for 17 months, until August 2021. At the leading edge of this national trend is San Francisco.

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Sapiens

MARCH 4, 2025

In February 2021, amid climbing COVID-19 death rates and heightened global attention on police-related deaths of Black Americans and on the Black Lives Matter movement, over 150 forensic anthropologists gathered for an urgent virtual meeting to discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS).

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2024

million people , about 82 percent of whom are of Norwegian ancestry, across a space roughly the size of Montana. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report To be sure, there are important contexts behind each country’s approach. Norway, a democracy with a figurehead monarchy, is home to about 5.5

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Implications for Understanding Human Evolution The study’s findings contribute to a broader understanding of human ancestry, emphasizing gradual, continuous change as a driving force in brain evolution. It highlights the adaptability of early humans and their relatives in the face of shifting environmental and social conditions.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This suggests that the shared trait of having large brains, rather than ancestry, shaped these microbial communities. Interestingly, despite humans and squirrel monkeys not being closely related evolutionarily, their gut microbes produced similar effects on the mice. PLOS ONE, 10 (5), e0124618. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0124618 Barelli, C.,

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Saykhamphone, who has Laotian and Nigerian ancestry, said there are not many other Black or Hispanic students in her accelerated International Baccalaureate (IB) classes, even though 85 percent of the student body is Black, Hispanic or Asian. Credit: Chen Mengtong/China News Service via Getty Images.

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