Anthropology.net

MARCH 15, 2025

The human skeleton has long been a resource for science, offering insights into disease, migration, and evolution. Credit: Boris Hamer from Pexels A Legacy of Exploitation For centuries, human remains have been collected, often without consent, to serve scientific and medical purposes.

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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.” For Little, government class entails “constitutional study and human behavior study side by side.” After Little’s students read an excerpt of Federalist 51, he asks them whether Madison’s view of human nature is correct.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 16, 2023

To ease the burden as a principal, I would spend my summers developing a document containing concise commentary on virtually every strategy addressed in our observation and evaluation tool. Project-management tools with embedded AI can help to track progress, manage tasks, and collaborate on documents.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This new analysis, published in the journal Antiquity 1 , sheds unsettling light on the darker side of prehistoric human behavior. ” The Scene of the Massacre The story begins in the 1970s, when excavators first uncovered over 3,000 human bones and fragments deep within the Charterhouse Warren shaft. Examples of cranial trauma.

Archaeology 98

Archaeology Humanities Anthropology History 98

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 10, 2016

If not, then human nature will take over and you will make an excuse. You can see the resulting document HERE. Every single school on this planet deals with these challenges and many others on a daily basis. The good news in all of this is that they are not insurmountable. If you feel it is important, you will find a way.

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Anthropology.net

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.

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Archiving Archaeology Humanities Cultures 98

Sapiens

JANUARY 29, 2025

erectus , but theres limited physical evidence documenting their presence. We knew our chances were slimmost of the spectacular discoveries in human evolutionary research in Southeast Asia have been made in limestone caves. Still, they couldn’t fully explain the entirely human-made landscape we came across.

Archaeology 139

Archaeology Geography History Humanities 139

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Why is Lincolns Fragment on the Constitution and Union one of our favorite documents? This document is short enough to be used in younger classrooms, but its profound enough to be worth discussing with older students as well. The Constitution is the silver frame around the more important document from our Founding.

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Library American History Government History 75

Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

Nestled within the limestone cliffs of Uluzzo Bay in southern Italy, Grotta della Lea has remained largely untouched since it was first documented in the 1970s. That lack of disturbance makes it an exceptional place to study how humans occupied the region during the final millennia of the Upper Paleolithic.

Archaeology 97

Archaeology K-12 Artifacts Humanities 97

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2013

Students that participate in this experience travel to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic as they learn firsthand about one of the most traumatic events in human history. I am proud to say that this unparalleled learning experience, under the direction of Colleen Tambuscio, has taken place for the last twelve years at NMHS.

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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.

Archaeology 98

Archaeology Humanities Artifacts History 98

ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The emphasis on a human-centric approach underscores the commitment to cultivating a balanced perspective on AI integration. Educators are encouraged to view AI not merely as a technological advancement but as a tool to enhance and augment the human experience. EdSurge: How have you incorporated the teaching of AI in the classroom?

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The map background is GNU Free Documentation License A Side-by-Side Look at Ancient Craftsmanship The study, led by Giulia Marciani and colleagues, took an unprecedented approach. Neanderthals vs. Modern Humans: Who Made What? Meanwhile, the Uluzzian industry has long been associated with modern humans. 2020 ) and Douka et al.

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NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

provides connection and coherence through the careful effort of trained human curators, making more than ten thousand articles from five hundred publications easily searchable and interconnected. About 60 percent of the authors in Bunk are academic historians and all pieces are published in reputable outlets with editorial oversight.

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Anthropology.net

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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Humanities Archaeology History Research 105

Anthropology.net

AUGUST 19, 2024

Cooking is often viewed as a significant turning point in human evolution. It not only provided the extra calories needed to support larger brains 1 but also transformed the way early humans interacted with their environment. Unlike other species, humans are biologically adapted to consume cooked food.

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TeachThought

APRIL 5, 2024

Flip humanizes remote learning because students can see and hear each other. Padlet Padlet takes the approach used during in-person learning a notch higher with students having the chance to post images, videos, documents, and ideas during discussions or brainstorming sessions. In short, you replicate classroom discussions.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2025

The goal is to keep children safe, but these tools raise serious questions about privacy and security as proven when Seattle Times and Associated Press reporters inadvertently received access to almost 3,500 sensitive, unredacted student documents through a records request about the districts surveillance technology. According to a U.S.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Archaeological discoveries in East Timor’s Laili rock shelter have unveiled evidence 1 of ancient human habitation dating back approximately 44,000 years. This finding, led by an international team of archaeologists, contributes significantly to understanding the migration and adaptation patterns of early humans in Southeast Asia.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 22, 2024

Ancient viruses that integrated into the human genome millions of years ago may influence the risk of mental health conditions such as depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Integrating human endogenous retroviruses into transcriptome-wide association studies highlights novel risk factors for major psychiatric conditions.

Humanities 95

Humanities Heritage Research 95

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Our value lies in the human side of teaching. It is ideal if both the teacher and student have access to the planning document during the conference. I have created the template in Google Documents so that it is easy to share a copy with every student. That is the work we do that cannot be replaced by technology.

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Humanities Teaching Education 212

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 16, 2018

The process of making has been in our DNA since the dawn of human civilization to create tools for hunting and survival. With all the hoopla in regards to maker education and makerspaces I wanted to take a minute to share that this is not a new concept. Has it evolved – definitely!

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ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2025

This technology is not about replacing human judgment but augmenting it. Transforming School Operations: AI Use Cases Streamlined Recordkeeping and Documentation One of the most immediate impacts of AI in school administration is in the realm of recordkeeping.

Humanities 69

Humanities Education Research Educational Technology 69

TeachThought

JULY 18, 2024

Policies vs Children There is so much to do and plan and prepare and create spaces for that there is very little left for human conversations about the teacher and about the student. Keep a journal to document successes and challenges, and brainstorm ways to improve. That’s the broadest lesson here, for me.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The theory, which has been documented in a small number of laboratory experiments , is that the more students already know about a topic, the better they can understand a passage about it. For example, a passage on farming might make more sense if you know something about how plants grow. These ideas have revived interest in E.D.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

I’m close to retirement, so it made sense that I might eventually be glad I have some photos that document what it was like to have lived and worked on that campus for nearly half my life. Retirement. Personal Growth. And I would like them to have that. Not bad for a guy just having some fun with his iPhone. Now, it’s your turn.

Social Science 322

Social Science Pedagogy Humanities Library 322

TeachThought

JUNE 18, 2024

Explore biological systems and their functions in human biology. Learn to document and present scientific findings accurately. Learn to use mathematical software tools like MATLAB or R for computations. Science Science goals encompass a broad scope of fields: Master the basic concepts of Newtonian physics.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 13, 2025

Before the soft-footed, domesticated Felis catus found its way into Chinese homes, another feline species occupied human settlements for thousands of years. Their findings suggest that leopard cats filled the niche of rodent control in human settlements long before domesticated cats arrived. One possibility is their temperament.

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Archaeology Humanities Museum Geography 59

Anthropology.net

MARCH 11, 2025

The site was first unearthed in 2009 when archaeologists noticed human bones protruding from the eroded banks of a stream near the fortress ruins. Some scholars suspect it might even be Shouxiangcheng , a fortress documented in Chinese records and built in 104 BCE during a Han campaign against the Xiongnu.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

“Even when they pass on, you still respect and honor them as non-human relatives. In archaeology’s early days, animal remains were often ignored, discarded, or treated as unimportant compared to human burials and artifacts. You don’t throw them in plastic bags or boxes.”

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Sapiens

APRIL 3, 2024

Please note that this article includes images of human remains. This long-lost child, represented only by a lower jaw, was referred to as Ksâr ‘Akil 4 because it was the fourth human fossil discovered at the site of Ksâr ‘Akil in Lebanon, on the Eastern Mediterranean coast. ANOTHER SET OF TEETH “These teeth don’t belong to Egbert!”

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2020

They make it possible for teachers to maintain a human connection with their students and guide their learning from a distance. Teachers can do this using Mentimeter by asking an open-ended question, on a shared online document, or simply asking students to write down three questions on paper that they can bring to the conversation. #3

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Humanities Teaching Education 218

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

At the end of Lord of the Flies , there is a section titled “Notes on the Lord of the Flies,” in which William Golding says, “The theme [of the novel] is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. 6 Characteristics of Human Nature. The Truth Behind Us All.

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Humanities Teaching 137

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There are more opportunities for social learning and human interaction. As architects of learning experiences, teachers should focus on providing that human connection to students working remotely. Google Document) where they can connect to chat if they have questions or need support.

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Teaching K-12 Humanities Research 218

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

I can't cite where I've heard this, but I do know that people have been asked, if you could lose a skill or function as a human, and you had to choose between losses such as the ability to walk or to see or to communicate, respondents said it would be the most devastating to lose their ability to communicate. I appreciate that.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Below is a listing of some of activities that incorporated digital learning: In Mrs. Collentine’s Humanities class, students worked in the computer lab on researching the history of drama and theater in the culture of their own heritage.

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