Anthropology.net

APRIL 26, 2025

The Forgotten Migrant When thinking about humanity’s migrations across continents, yeast is probably the last traveler that comes to mind. Yet new research led by Jacqueline Peña and her colleagues at the University of Georgia has revealed that wild strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae —the same species that leavens bread and ferments wine—carry silent records of ancient human journeys.

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Living Geography

APRIL 26, 2025

As I drive to Norwich from where I live I pass a large complex to the right, up on the hill as I approach Easton, on the western edge of the city. It has become more visible in the last few months as due to ongoing work to dual the A47 as it approaches the city, thousands of trees have been felled. Not everyone's happy about that as you can imagine.

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Living Geography

APRIL 26, 2025

I'm preparing for a few events later in the year which are connected with careers in geography and where we can build in introductions to career options for those who study geography during our teaching (from KS3 upwards). If this is to 'A' level, then we have some extra options. For those who go on to do a degree in geography (perhaps in association with another subject) more options open up, but they also come with an extra incentive to be higher paying jobs because of the very high cost of un

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Living Geography

APRIL 26, 2025

I subscribe to Wicked Leeks: the Riverford Organics newsletter. There are some useful links for our Food for Thought unit with Year 7. A previous issue provides some information on the decline of the traditional greengrocer. They have been lost to many High Streets by competition from supermarkets. When I was a teenager - about 12-15, I worked on a Saturday for a local greengrocer in the Yorkshire village where I lived.

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Living Geography

APRIL 26, 2025

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