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

Anthropology.net

A Quest for Our Earliest Stories Myths and legends have always been windows into the human psyche, revealing our fears, dreams, and attempts to understand the world. Yet, could these stories also encode the history of humanity’s migrations and interactions?

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Paleolithic Discoveries at Soii Havzak Rockshelter Illuminate Human Migration in Central Asia

Anthropology.net

High in the Zeravshan Valley of Tajikistan, the Soii Havzak rock-shelter has provided researchers with an invaluable glimpse into early human migration routes and daily life in Central Asia. It contains layers of human occupation spanning the Middle and Upper Paleolithic periods, approximately 150,000 to 20,000 years ago.

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Work Smarter, Not Harder

A Principal's Reflections

Social media has completely disrupted that and, in the process, removed barriers such as time, geography, and money. To be more effective, we need to realize that there is a wealth of human resources at our fingertips that can help us all do what we already do better. HERE you can access a quick-start guide.

Geography 545
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Human impact on the planet

Living Geography

Not a new post - a few years old - but relevant today when teaching about the geography of our consumption and the impact it has on the planet. Visual Capitalist has produced a striking visualisation of which parts of the planet have been most affected by human activity.

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

The Hechinger Report

The University of Alaska System scaled back more than 40 , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources and hospitality administration. Many of the programs affected are in the humanities and languages, making those disciplines less available to rural students than they are to urban and suburban ones.

Geography 135
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The Vanishing Traces of Our Earliest Ancestors in Indonesia

Sapiens

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. erectus geography but not in the way we expected.

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

NCHE

Virginia History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, and AP U.S. My students weren’t used to the human aspect of their math and science classes, but I watched the conflict on their faces as this woman’s troubled history helped them understand why history is so important. It’s about understanding humanity.”

Geography 279