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Tracing the Genetic Threads of Wallacea’s Complex History

Anthropology.net

A recent study sheds new light on its human history, highlighting the deep impact of migrations from New Guinea into this region approximately 3,500 years ago. The region, home to immense linguistic and genetic diversity, has often puzzled researchers seeking to untangle its complex history. A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia."

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The Mythological Tapestry of Humanity: Unraveling Ancient Stories through Genes and Geography

Anthropology.net

Yet, could these stories also encode the history of humanity’s migrations and interactions? “Our results reveal that correlations between mythemes and genetic patterns can be traced back to population movements that pre-date the Last Glacial Maximum,” the authors write, situating storytelling at the core of human history.

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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors

The Hechinger Report

She planned to major in digital media arts, but before she could start, Delta State eliminated that major, along with 20 other degree programs , including history, English, chemistry and music. Azariah Journey is a second-year graduate student in history at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, which is cutting 20 degree programs. “Is

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The Lasting Frontier of Learning: A Conversation with NCHE’s Dalton Savage

NCHE

history, Oklahoma History, U.S./Virginia Virginia History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, and AP U.S. History for 8 years, a wealth of experience that informs the way he structures his programming at NCHE. I imagine the airport staff know him well by now. He taught U.S.

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The Vanishing Traces of Our Earliest Ancestors in Indonesia

Sapiens

A paleontologist journeys through Indonesias Riau Archipelago in search of Homo erectus remains, but uncovers how environmental devastation has erased much of the regions history. erectus geography but not in the way we expected. On the ground, an occasional fallen palm tree and piles of red palm fruit scattered along the roadsides.

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CFP: Lost In Time: Intellectual History before the Guillotine

Society for Classical Studies

The 1st Lost In Time interdisciplinary intellectual history conference offers a platform for scholars from a variety of disciplines who are interested in concepts and their contexts, which have not traditionally predominated within intellectual history.

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Mapped: The deadly geography of Mount Everest

Strange Maps

Zooming out from individual casualties to the overall death toll, the dead of Everest start to form a morbid geography of sorts, which does more than simply horrify. Credit: pointofnoreturn.org) This first map shows the geography of the mountain, with a flag planted for each place where one or more climbers died.

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