Anthropology.net

JANUARY 18, 2025

In the 8th century CE, the Avars—an enigmatic group with roots in the East Asian steppes—settled in Central Europe, weaving a tapestry of cultural cohesion amid genetic diversity. New research, published in Nature 1 by an international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, delves into the lives of two neighboring Avar communities in Lower Austria.

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Ancestry Archaeology Anthropology Heritage 98

Living Geography

JANUARY 18, 2025

A tip-off via BlueSky. Tree.FM will play the sound of a random forest. Good for escaping or relaxing. Click to be taken to another forest if you fancy a change. People around the world recorded the sounds of their forests, so you can escape into nature, and unwind wherever you are. Take a breath and soak in the forest sounds as they breathe with life and beauty!

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 18, 2025

The image of our ancient ancestors as hunters feasting on mammalian prey has long shaped our understanding of human evolution. But new research 1 from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the University of the Witwatersrand suggests that Australopithecus , a pivotal member of the human lineage that lived 3.5 million years ago, primarily relied on a plant-based diet.

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Humanities Research 98

Living Geography

JANUARY 18, 2025

There's a lot of geography in this news item from the BBC News on the controversies surrounding beach cabanas on Australian beaches. Cabanas are small gazebo like structures, which offer some shade from the strong sun without blocking out any breeze, and allow people to stay on the beach for longer, and more safely, during the Australian summer. However, the number of these structures is causing some problems and there are contrasting views on them.

Geography 52

Geography Cultures 52

O-Level Geography

JANUARY 18, 2025

What is medical tourism? How does the growth of medical tourism benefit the the economy of country?

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 18, 2025

Long before Homo sapiens walked the Earth, our evolutionary predecessors, Homo erectus , were already demonstrating an extraordinary capacity to endure and adapt to extreme environments. A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment 1 offers compelling evidence that these early hominins were thriving in the steppe-desert conditions of East Africa at least 1.2 million years ago, reshaping our understanding of early human resilience and resourcefulness.

Archaeology 105

Archaeology Heritage Anthropology Humanities 105

Moler's Musing

JANUARY 18, 2025

Last week, I kicked off my social studies unit with a pre-assessment using a citizenship test. The goal for my students was to answer six or more questions correctly. Out of the 89 students I teach across four periods, only six met that benchmark. Faced with a tight timeline, I knew I had to make every lesson count. By the end of the week, after incorporating engaging EduProtocols , 70 out of 89 students achieved a score of six or higher on the same test.

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Government Social Studies Teaching Research 122