Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens are both humans, but they differ in many ways. This research challenges prevailing assumptions about speciation, offering a more nuanced framework for interpreting the evolutionary history of modern humans and their closest relatives. What Defines a Species? ” Dr. . J., & Conde, C.

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Strange Maps

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The genomes of most modern humans contain up to 4% Neanderthal DNA. There could be one sitting in your chair right now, reading this article. Many modern humans have some admixture of Neanderthal DNA, an indication that Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis knew one another, also in the Biblical sense. Well, sort of.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A recent study, published in the European Journal of Archaeology 1 , suggests these plaques may represent one of humanity's earliest attempts at recording genealogy—a non-verbal precursor to modern ancestry documentation. eyes, noses) weakens this claim.

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Sapiens

MARCH 5, 2024

An archaeologist explains how remains recently recovered from a cave in present-day Germany suggest that Neanderthals and modern humans populated Europe together for at least 10,000 years. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽

Humanities 142

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Strange Maps

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

About 46% of humans, well over three billion people, are native speakers of an Indo-European language. This article Study: The Indo-European language family was born south of the Caucasus is featured on Big Think. Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is a language that gave rise to many others. Strange Maps #1220 Got a strange map?

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The next school year, she was asked to teach not only the regular-level geography course but also AP Human Geography and World History. About 36% of the student body identifies as Hispanic, 33% as Caucasian, 21% as African American, and the remaining tenth as Asian or of mixed-race ancestry.

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Sapiens

MARCH 4, 2025

Through this work, drawing on knowledge from human skeletal biology, anatomy, and archaeology, we often confront the immense social and racial inequalities that can play a role in the circumstances of ones death. We are humans asking questions about the world around us. and around the world.

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