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The Evolution of Cooking: A Defining Moment in Human History

Anthropology.net

Richard Wrangham, a retired professor of biological anthropology at Harvard University, noted 2 that starch grains can be detected in teeth dating back at least 50,000 years. The largest drop in the size of the chewing teeth in the history of human evolution occurred around 1.8 1 Fonseca-Azevedo, K., & Herculano-Houzel, S.

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Why I Talked to Pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan

Sapiens

Pseudoarchaeology, or “alternative history,” draws major attention and casts itself as legitimate. Beyond Hancock’s creations, Ancient Aliens dominates the History Channel. K12 schools in the U.S. Hancock’s books consistently rank as bestsellers on Amazon in the subcategory of “archaeology.” rarely cover the field.

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Caring for and through Language: Tibetan Refugees and Heritage Language Education in Canada

Anthropology News

SEE Learning is a K-12 curriculum developed through a collaboration between Emory University and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. The translocal nature of Tibetan diasporic kinship bonds has a history that extends beyond current transnational migrations.

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Do You Want to Write for SAPIENS?

Sapiens

My name is Chip Colwell, a SAPIENS anthropology magazine, part of Wenner-Gren Foundation. I’m an archaeologist anthropologist who started writing in the anthropology publication about 15 years ago and had the seed idea of what would become SAPIENS and brought it to fruition. That topically we are focusing on anthropology.

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Teaching social studies in a polarized world

The Hechinger Report

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

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The Fulani Enigma: Unraveling the Deep Genetic History of Africa’s Legendary Pastoralists

Anthropology.net

” This study not only refines our understanding of Fulani history but also challenges long-standing assumptions about African population genetics. B) Average values of the seven components estimated on ADMIXTURE results at K = 7 for all studied Fulani populations. (C) C) Effective migration rates estimated using FEEMS.

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Did Gut Microbes Help Fuel the Evolution of Large Human Brains?

Anthropology.net

The evolution of the human brain is one of the most remarkable chapters in our species' history. We know the community of microbes living in the large intestine can produce compounds that affect aspects of human biology," explained Katherine Amato, associate professor of anthropology at Northwestern and lead author of the study.