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The Mythological Tapestry of Humanity: Unraveling Ancient Stories through Genes and Geography

Anthropology.net

Yet, could these stories also encode the history of humanity’s migrations and interactions? “Our results reveal that correlations between mythemes and genetic patterns can be traced back to population movements that pre-date the Last Glacial Maximum,” the authors write, situating storytelling at the core of human history.

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The Geometry of Memory: How Knots Carry the Weight of Human History

Anthropology.net

Despite differences in time, geography, and material culture, many human groups developed the same set of knots—again and again. link] — Explores cultural phylogenetics through folk narratives, analogous to the methods applied to knot histories. The phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood. PLOS ONE , 8(11), e78871. Henrich, A.

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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

The Hechinger Report

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Some educators are calling for schools to adopt a curriculum that emphasizes content along with phonics. Weve all been there.

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CFP: Lost In Time: Intellectual History before the Guillotine

Society for Classical Studies

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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The Cats Before the Cats: How Leopard Cats Lived Among Ancient Chinese Societies for Millennia

Anthropology.net

Leopard cats, roughly the size of modern house cats, are adaptable predators with a long history of interaction with human societies. 2025), continue to refine our understanding of how humans and felines have interacted across time and geography. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg0221 These studies, along with Han et al. 1 Han, Y.,

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Talking Natural History

Living Geography

Earlier this week I spent an interesting day in Cambridge discussing the GCSE Natural History as a member of OCR's Consultative Forum. We had an update on the context within which the new specification will be appearing - this was similar to the OCR Geography Forum meeting that I'd attended the month before. or be opened this month.

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"What are we teaching? Powerful knowledge and a capabilities curriculum" - a review

Living Geography

The latest book by geography teacher Richard Bustin was published by Crown House Publishing in October 2024. It embraces in how geography is understood and expressed in national school standards. The capabilities approach helps geography educators everywhere to articulate the importance of children learning how to think geographically.