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The Wolves That Became Dogs: A New Model for Rapid Domestication

Anthropology.net

The Mystery of the First Dogs Dogs, our oldest animal companions, have walked beside humans for tens of thousands of years. If correct, this finding challenges the long-held assumption that deliberate human intervention was necessary for the emergence of early dogs. The Role of Human Food: Was There Enough?

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Experts predicted dozens of colleges would close in 2023 – and they were right

The Hechinger Report

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: Though college enrollment seems to be stabilizing after the pandemic disruptions, predictions for the next 15 years are grim.

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School counselors keep kids on track. Why are they first to be cut?

The Hechinger Report

The state estimates that its population of working adults will be 43 percent non-white by 2040; by 2050 Hispanics will make up 35 percent of its population. Leave this field empty if you're human: But in many quarters, the school counseling profession appears to suffer from an image problem. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.