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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Discovery of a Potential New Human Species A groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications 1 has proposed the existence of a new human species, Homo juluensis. This ancient hominin, believed to have lived in eastern Asia between 300,000 and 50,000 years ago, is a significant addition to our understanding of human evolution.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Tracing Humanity's Journey Through the Pacific The dispersal of Homo sapiens into the Pacific region has long fascinated archaeologists. Dylan Gaffney and an international team of researchers, provide groundbreaking evidence of human presence in Wallacea dating back 50,000 to 55,000 years ago. 2024 Read more

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

One of the most intriguing chapters in human evolution is the story of the Denisovans, a mysterious, now-extinct hominin group that left a significant genetic footprint in the DNA of modern humans. Overview of the distinct Denisovan populations that introgressed into modern humans.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Tools as a Catalyst for Evolution The ability to create and use tools is a hallmark of human evolution. A groundbreaking study by researchers from the University of Tübingen, led by Dr. Alexandros Karakostis, provides fresh insights into how changes in brain function enabled early humans to wield tools with precision.

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APRIL 3, 2025

The end of the last Ice Age, spanning approximately 14,000 to 11,600 years ago, was a period of significant climatic fluctuations that profoundly influenced human populations in Europe. Humans during the Final Paleolithic apparently responded by migrating to more favorable areas."​ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310942

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JULY 23, 2024

My presentation on spatial relationships in AP Human Geography is archived here with the slides available here on Google Drive or the PDF below. APAC Spatial Relationships 2024 Download I’m very excited to be presenting in Las Vegas for the AP Annual Conference.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

But the interviewer asking the questions wasn’t a human researcher — it was an AI chatbot. In the following, you will conduct an interview with a human respondent to find out the participant’s motivations and reasoning regarding their voting choice during the legislative elections on June 30, 2024, in France, a few days after the interview.”

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JANUARY 17, 2025

But some teaching experts say tutoring should be reserved for humans who can motivate and understand the students they work with. Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, has become one of the most vocal proponents of the idea, and he and his son are featured in a recent demo of ChatGPTs latest version.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

But how did ancient humans experience and describe these feelings? By analyzing one million words of Akkadian cuneiform, researchers unearthed fascinating connections between emotional states and specific body parts, offering fresh insights into human emotional experience through time. Credit: Modern/PNAS: Lauri Nummenmaa et al.,

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“That’s why good teaching about citizenship involves students in an intentional study of human behavior.” Bryan Little, the 2022 James Madison Foundation Fellow for Kansas completed his MAHG degree in 2024. For Little, government class entails “constitutional study and human behavior study side by side.”

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APRIL 9, 2025

The lack of privacy comes at a cost In Rigby, educators lean toward human interaction. Martin said those are helpful, but must be used in concert with human-led initiatives. In 2024, the National Center for Education Statistics reported that 71 percent of U.S. public schools have a threat assessment team in place.

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Society for Classical Studies

MAY 6, 2024

NEH Grantees: April 2024 kskordal Mon, 05/06/2024 - 09:22 Image Congratulations to the following individuals and organizations announced as National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grantees in April 2024, for their projects in classical studies and adjacent fields: David Danzig, Paige Brevick (Save Ancient Studies Inc): Increasing Humanities Engagement (..)

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Ancient Artistry of Ochre Mining in Eswatini The Lion Cavern at Ngwenya, Eswatini, holds groundbreaking evidence 1 of humanity's earliest intensive ochre mining practices, dating back 48,000 years. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating methods confirmed its use as the world’s oldest ochre mine.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

NEH Grantees: January 2024 kskordal Mon, 02/05/2024 - 09:06 Image The Society for Classical Studies congratulates the following individuals and organizations announced as National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grantees in January 2024, for their projects in classical studies and adjacent fields: Mark Algee-Hewitt, Eric Harvey (Leland Stanford (..)

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

This suggests that children may have recognized and elaborated upon the figurative potential of their own creations, blending play and representation in a uniquely human way. Journal : PLoS ONE , 2024. Journal : Evolutionary Human Sciences , 2020. Book Chapter : Art and Human Development , 2013. DOI : 10.1017/ehs.2020.37

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Credit: Science (2024). In contrast, modern shrub density in some forests is now higher than it was 130,000–115,000 years ago—a period with a similar climate to today’s but without human intervention. ladder fuels). 1 Mariani, M., Herbert, A., Adeleye, M., Florin, S. Kershaw, P., Theuerkauf, M., Stevenson, J.,

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NOVEMBER 23, 2024

This discovery not only predates the arrival of modern humans ( Homo sapiens ) in the region by 20,000 years but also highlights the Neanderthals' sophisticated engineering and teamwork. This discovery underscores the Neanderthals’ ability to manage complex tasks—an attribute once believed to be unique to modern humans.

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Sapiens

APRIL 22, 2025

Marta and her family held a mock election to protest not being able to vote in their home country during the presidential elections in 2024. SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human is part of the American Anthropological Association Podcast Library. Is One Third of Venezuelas Population About to Flee?

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

While we can't definitively say that these early humans crafted stone tools, our findings demonstrate that their hands were frequently used in ways that closely align with the actions necessary for human tool manipulation," explained Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Tübingen. afarensis , A.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Neanderthals vs. Modern Humans: Who Made What? Meanwhile, the Uluzzian industry has long been associated with modern humans. Human teeth from Uluzzian layers at Grotta del Cavallo in Italy have been identified as Homo sapiens , reinforcing the idea that this tool tradition belonged to the first wave of modern humans entering Europe.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

NEH Grantees: August 2024 kskordal Tue, 10/01/2024 - 14:52 Image Congratulations to the following National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grantees, announced in August 2024, for their project in classical studies and adjacent fields: Caitlín Barrett and Kathryn Gleason (Cornell University): Toward an Archaeology of Lived Experience: Modeling Embodied (..)

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Moreover, this finding contributes to a broader narrative that places Neanderthals as active participants in the cultural evolution of early humans. Their ability to develop and share complex technologies like tar-making illustrates their pivotal role in shaping the trajectory of human development. A., & Langejans, G. Knight, R.

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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. “This ability to build on existing knowledge has enabled humans to innovate and adapt to various environments, from dense forests to arid deserts,” says Hewlett.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

Reprinted under a CC BY license, with permission from AFALULA-RCU-CNRS, 2024. 2024, PLOS ONE , CC-BY 4.0 As archaeologists continue to unearth evidence of these early settlements, the story of Arabian urbanization stands poised to expand our comprehension of early human civilization in the ancient world. Credit: Charloux et al.,

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APRIL 23, 2025

I was trying to understand how humans and wildlifeparticularly javelinaslive together in messy, contested landscapes, shaped as much by perception and politics as by biology. Instead, Jon turned his deep grounding in genetics into a sharp critique of how science makes claims about human difference. By the time I left for a Ph.D.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

It offers a fresh perspective on the interplay between environmental adaptation and cultural development in human history. By transforming wetlands into sustainable food systems, these early communities laid the groundwork for one of the most remarkable civilizations in human history. 10,eadq1444(2024).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adq1444

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NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Homo erectus walked with a gait similar to modern humans, supporting its energy-efficient, long-distance travel abilities. ” Implications for Human Evolution The fossil footprints underscore the complexity of hominin evolution, offering a rare glimpse into how ancient species navigated shared landscapes. 1 Hatala, K. Gatesy, S.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

The interbreeding of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals is a well-established fact, revealing a fascinating chapter in human evolution. This research has pinpointed the Zagros Mountains, a significant mountain range on the Persian Plateau, as a key region where these two human species overlapped.

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DECEMBER 25, 2024

As 2024 winds down, I wanted to share some of the stories that have resonated most with me this year: First, cozy up with a cup of cocoa and allow yourself to be transported to Norway, where childhood is seen as a time of innate value and child care programs are required to be rooted in values like empathy and a belief in human worth.

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Anthropology.net

JULY 30, 2024

The deserts of northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula have long been the focus of archaeological research, revealing their roles as cradles of early human civilization and migration routes through so-called “green corridors.” The Narabeb site showing location of former lake. Middle Stone Age lithics from Narabeb.

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APRIL 14, 2025

A chatbot could instantly write paragraphs and papers, a task once thought to be uniquely human. The scientists didnt actually read all 1,140,328 discussion-board submissions written by 16,791 students between the fall term of 2021 and the winter term of 2024. The public release of ChatGPT in November 2022 changed the world.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Researchers from the ROOTS Cluster of Excellence at Kiel University have introduced a groundbreaking way 1 to apply modern philosophical concepts, like the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI), to ancient societies, offering fresh perspectives on how and why these communities thrived. Change and archaeology. 1 Arponen, V.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

Credit: Journal of Archaeological Science (2024). “Understanding how these practices spread and their significance will help us uncover more about the relationship between early humans and their environment.” Key features: (1) smooth area lacking suture, (2) frontal bone depression, (3) narrowing of horn cores.

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JULY 18, 2024

Cut marks on ancient fossils have been identified as evidence of human exploitation of large mammals in Argentina more than 20,000 years ago, according to a study published on July 17, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE 1 by Mariano Del Papa of the National University of La Plata, Argentina, and his colleagues.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Yet the 2024 results of an important national test, released last month, showed that the reading scores of elementary and middle schoolers continued their long downward slide, hitting new lows. Over the past decade, a majority of states have passed new science of reading laws or implemented policies that emphasize phonics in classrooms.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

A recent study 1 published in Nature Communications has unveiled a remarkable discovery of rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores. The new fossils from Mata Menge provide crucial evidence to support one of these hypotheses, shedding light on the mysterious origins of these small-statured humans.

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MARCH 25, 2025

The results challenge long-held assumptions about how early humans controlled tool shape and suggest that the differences in Levallois core designs may be more influenced by cultural traditions than previously thought​ Why Levallois Technology Matters Levallois technology represents a milestone in human cognitive and technological evolution.

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