Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Ancient Mud Unlocks 130,000 Years of Australia’s Fire Management History Australia’s relationship with fire extends back thousands of years, with Indigenous land management practices deeply shaping the continent’s ecology. Credit: Science (2024). ladder fuels). 1 Mariani, M., Herbert, A., Adeleye, M., Florin, S.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

Researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) have identified semi-domesticated maize specimens from caves in Brazil’s Peruaçu Valley, revealing a unique chapter in the crop’s evolutionary history. The history and evolution of maize. Goodman, M.

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Society for Classical Studies

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The 1st Lost In Time interdisciplinary intellectual history conference offers a platform for scholars from a variety of disciplines who are interested in concepts and their contexts, which have not traditionally predominated within intellectual history.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A Window Into Humanity’s Past Hunter-gatherer societies represent the foundation of human history, defining how humans lived for 99% of our existence. These findings deepen our understanding of humanity’s shared history and highlight the enduring adaptability that has defined human societies for millennia. 1 Hewlett, B.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

A New Chapter in the Alphabet's History Previously, scholars believed the alphabet emerged in or near Egypt as a tool for simplifying the complex hieroglyphic and cuneiform systems of the time. 2024, November 21). What Was the Purpose of the Cylinders? 1 Robbins, H.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

27, 2024, in San Carlos, Ariz. 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. 27, 2024, in San Carlos, Ariz. AP Photo/Ross D.

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Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 16, 2024

2024 Erich S. Gruen Prize kskordal Mon, 12/16/2024 - 08:56 Image In 2024, the fifth year of the SCS Erich S. The committee unanimously awards the 2024 Erich S. The committee was impressed by the papers quality and wide range of disciplinary perspectives, methodologies, types of evidence, and time periods.

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APRIL 23, 2025

What He Wrote and Why it Matters Jons first book, Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History (1995), came out of a simple but transformative observation: the science of human difference had changed dramatically over the twentieth century, and most people, including many scientists, hadnt caught up. Jon wasnt rejecting science.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

As Dr. Zaidner highlights, “This discovery is a crucial step in piecing together the ancient human history of Central Asia and demonstrates the value of international collaboration in uncovering our shared heritage." 1 Zaidner, Y., & Kurbanov, S. 1 Zaidner, Y., & Kurbanov, S. Antiquity , 1–8.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A groundbreaking study 1 of ancient human DNA from the Oakhurst rock shelter in South Africa is shedding new light on population history in one of the world’s earliest regions of modern human activity. These new results from southernmost Africa are quite different, and suggest a long history of relative genetic stability.”

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

” Rethinking Easter Island’s History The traditional narrative of Easter Island has long been used as a cautionary tale, an example of how human societies can cause their own destruction by depleting natural resources. 1 Davis, D. DiNapoli, R. Pakarati, G., L., & Lipo, C.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 2, 2025

Yet the lithic traditions here were not carbon copies of what was happening in the Levant or the Caucasus. The Paleolithic of the Iranian plateau: hominin occupation history and implications for human dispersals across southern Asia. Quaternary International, 408(part B), 140–152. link] Shoaee, M. link] 1 Hashemi, S.

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Anthropology News

JULY 15, 2024

Issued: July 15, 2024 Pitches due: rolling until November 1, 2024 First drafts due: 3 weeks after pitch decision Submit Here Anthropology News invites submissions on the forms of care that permeate human and nonhuman worlds. How do we care for objects, archives, words, history, traditions, animals, plants, ideas, and obligations?

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Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

However, this does not mean that they have lost interest in the language and traditions of their parents and grandparents. Originals & Reworks is to try painting those 2000 years of history, to try reviving those musics, almost forgotten, our grand-parents and parents got married to, henna on their hands .

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 29, 2025

Lithic artifacts recovered during recent surveys—specifically tanged points, backed bladelets, and other microliths—match the technological signature of the Ahrensburgian tradition, which spread across northern Europe in the terminal Pleistocene. Stone tools found on Skye. Hardy et al., Sconser, circular alignment.

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 3, 2024

“I was trained that there’s a tradition, there’s a Black tradition, a Black intellectual tradition that doesn’t separate activism from academic work.” Each interview premiered at the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and will be shown at the 2025 NCOBPS Annual Meeting.

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Zinn Education Project

JULY 15, 2024

The series, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is focused on six themes that are at the heart of SNCC’s history of grassroots organizing: the organizing tradition, voting rights, Black Power, women and gender, freedom teaching, and art and culture in movement building.

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In early 2024, a controversy swirled around filming for the Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse in the Grand Canyon and Chaco Canyon in the U.S. A postcard from early to mid-20th century shows Hopi dancers in traditional regalia in front of Hopi House, a building in honor of Hopi connections to the Grand Canyon.

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Anthropology.net

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. each with distinct traditions and relationships with animals, a one-size-fits-all approach would be inadequate.

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Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 2, 2024

CFP: Rome and Iberia V: Diversity of Relations from Antiquity to Modernity kskordal Mon, 12/02/2024 - 13:18 Image The Department of Spanish Studies and the Department of Classical Philology of the University in Lodz would like to invite you to the fifth interdisciplinary academic conference Rome and Iberia V.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 2, 2025

The approach allows archaeologists to pinpoint events within the span of a single human life—offering a more intimate view of history. The history of North America after 1492 is not one of blank pages but of interrupted stories waiting to be re-read with better tools and deeper respect. But this precision comes at a cost.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Policymakers across the political spectrum ran for office on child care issues in 2024. That has caused a lot of anxiety among traditional public school advocates, and a lot of anxiety with progressives and Democrats who just really oppose this. Since the program came into effect in April 2024 under Republican Gov.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 5, 2024

Citation from the Award Committee: In “The Spirit of Caste: Recasting the History of Civil Rights,” Lucien Ferguson writes a compelling account of the civil rights movement and the constitutional protections on which it depends through the lens of caste. The post Lucien Ferguson Receives the 2024 Edward S. Shomade of Emory University.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A recent study, published on September 3, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS Complex Systems 1 , presents groundbreaking insights into the mechanisms driving social evolution. Gift giving, a prevalent practice in traditional societies, has long been observed by anthropologists to enhance social status by creating reciprocal obligations.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2024

It was one of the most significant days in the history of the U.S. Here are five takeaways from their work: The long view shows progress but a worrying uptick, especially in big cities Source: Owens and Reardon, “The state of segregation: 70 years after Brown ,” 2024 presentation at Stanford University. Supreme Court.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

In their study of almost 3,000 students across 30 schools, researchers found that systematically building background knowledge through science instruction improved reading comprehension not just in science texts but also in various subjects, including history and literature.

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Political Science Now

JULY 23, 2024

This book is a vital read, an intellectual triumph, and is one of the best representatives of the tradition of REP scholarship the Ralph J. There Professor Rogers teaches courses on democratic theory, the history of American and African-American political philosophy, and pragmatism. The post Melvin Rogers Receives the 2024 Ralph J.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 29, 2024

Issued: January 29, 2024 Response deadline: February 23, 2024 Pitch responses: February 29, 2024 First drafts due: March 27, 2024 For our third issue of 2024, Anthropology News is delving into the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence (AI) and its intricate relationship with human reality.

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Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The series will feature ten, week-long visiting fellowships grouped around three main themes: the transmission of evidence (2024-5), the role of comparative work (2025-6), and the influence of uniquely modern ontological premises (2026-7). If you have any questions, please contact Noah Segal ( nsegal@umn.edu ).

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

These findings challenge conventional beliefs about the timing and nature of cultural transitions during this pivotal period in human history. The surge in stone tool cutting-edge productivity, indicated by the white lines, did not precede or coincide with the initial wide dispersals of Homo sapiens across Eurasia. 1 Kadowaki, S., Wakano, J.

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 21, 2024

5.30: Talk 1 Krzysztof Bielawski, Jagiellonian University, Kraków “Searching for order in Stobaeus - Euripides as a binder” Anna Conser, University of Cincinnati, respondent 5.30–8: Louis, respondent 10.30–11.45:

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Teaching American History

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In the next few days, those who have completed all coursework for the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program may begin writing their qualifying exams, so as to graduate with their degrees this December. These courses lay an excellent foundation for a deep understanding of the history and government of America.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

William Taylor, co-author of the study and curator of archaeology at the CU Museum of Natural History, explained that the earliest definitive evidence of humans using horses for transport comes from the region near the Ural Mountains, dating back approximately 4,000 years. ” Can Hips Tell the Full Story? 1 Hosek, L.,

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 4, 2024

Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History: Call for Fellows kskordal Mon, 03/04/2024 - 13:37 Image The Future of the Past Lab and the Center for Premodern Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities are excited to announce a three-year series of visiting fellowships titled “Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History.”

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Becoming a History Teacher

JULY 19, 2024

Except… This year I interviewed an applicant for the PGCE course who had applied to teach history knowing there was a bursary for English of £10k and assuming this was the case for history too. In my role as Co-Chair of HTEN (the History Teacher Educators Network) I have heard this story time and time again.

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Fifteen students specializing in traditional handicrafts collaborated with local artisans to illustrate a children’s book. This equipped them to choose and closely work with local female artisans, experts in the traditional handicraft art of embroidery. Before artisans commence the embroidery, the fabric is securely fixed onto a loom.

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