Anthropology.net

APRIL 4, 2025

In a new study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal 1 , researchers from institutions across Europe compiled the most comprehensive cross-cultural knot database to date. Using a mathematical approach known as Gauss coding, the researchers created a digital fingerprint for each knot. Related Research Tehrani, J.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Archaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and the widespread trade of enslaved people changed everything. These scholars are using their research on the precolonial past to sow sustainable futures—like the worlds inhabited by Abena and Akaina.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 18, 2025

13075 The research, published in Archaeometry 1 , suggests that before the first intentional toolmakers, hominins may have relied on "naturaliths"—sharp rock fragments created by natural geological or biological processes. Related Research: Harmand, S., These specimens and additional specimens can also be seen in figures S1-S28.

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Sapiens

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Spain has a deep and far-reaching colonial history, particularly in Latin America. The claim that Spain’s imperialism isn’t true colonization reflects a reluctance to confront the darker aspects of the country’s history, which involved widespread exploitation, violence, and cultural erasure across continents.

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Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As part of an ongoing series examining Contributions of Scholars of Color , the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Department conducted a a second set of oral history interviews during the 2024 National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) Annual Meeting held in Los Angeles, California. He received his Ph.D. He has a BA.

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Women's History Network

JANUARY 23, 2025

First Call for Papers Womens History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 19, 2025

These texts get more complex as students get older, and the people who know those subjects teachers of history, science, art, technology, health these are the best people to help students navigate those discipline-specific texts. But many of them don’t really know how to do that.

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Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 9, 2025

Activity #1 – Allow Students to Complete Independent Research Projects Have you seen the power of choice in action? When students are given the opportunity to research or learn more about something they enjoy, they work soooo much harder. Join my VIP email club for free. No spam, just great ideas, resources, and tips!

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World History Teachers Blog

MARCH 2, 2025

The database is divided into four themes: Key developments in world history Key development in modern British empire history Anglo-American relations in the 20th century Churchill: Discussion, debate, and controversy I might assign different key questions about World War II to students and have them create a short presentation.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As a scientist who has researched language diversity for a decade and a half, I recently joined a team to work on a task that even some linguists think is “ ultimately unobtainable ”: helping catalog and count the world’s complex and ever-changing languages. For example, the Central African Republic hosts about 70 languages.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The Roti Collective, a community-based research project, explores the layered histories that brought a flatbread from the Indian subcontinent around the world. In Calcutta on Your Plate , her book on Bengali cuisine and gastronomic history, she points out the absence of roti in Bengali meals until the mid-20th century.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2024

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, and Arizona State University found that human feedback was generally a bit better than AI feedback, but AI was surprisingly good. On a five-point scale that the researchers used to rate feedback quality, with a 5 being the highest quality feedback, ChatGPT averaged a 3.6

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Sapiens

MARCH 11, 2025

Partway through our conversation on Indigenous history, music, and language, Calfunao lit up when he discovered that we were both metalheads. That night in Sala Patagn stuck with me as my dissertation research took shape. The drum has become a symbol used by Patagonian metal bands to signify a connection to Indigenous issues.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Related: Our free weekly newsletter alerts you to what research says about schools and classrooms. Weve all been there. Most of the students were Black and Hispanic.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Researchers have discovered a genetic divide during the Bronze Age, which correlates with linguistic patterns between Eastern and Western Indo-European populations. Strontium Isotopes and Mobility in the Bronze Age To supplement genetic analyses, researchers used strontium isotope ratios to trace individual mobility.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

“I appreciate that my teachers try to offer different narratives,” a student said at one of our sessions discussing teaching materials featuring history and stories from all continents, “but they always seem to be about hardship or having to overcome an obstacle. I am so proud to be Hispanic and loved researching a personal hero of mine.”

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Sapiens

JANUARY 29, 2025

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. In Southeast Asia, researchers have suggested some dental remains and putative tools associated with H. erectus ancestors would have crossed.

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ASHP CML

APRIL 10, 2025

.” In keeping with that belief, for sixty years the NEH has served as a vital source of support for the work of humanities organizations, educators and scholars who believe that our world is improved through research and publicly accessible programs that promote a deeper understanding of literature, history, and ideas.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 2, 2025

Now, an international team of researchers 1 has uncovered the first ancient genomes from this long-lost ecosystem, shedding new light on an ancient North African lineage that has all but disappeared. Instead, the researchers propose that herding may have spread through cultural transmission rather than population replacement.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2024

The rest is now history. Packed with practical examples, research-based strategies, and stories, any educator can find the most effective way to personalize learning. Dive into how personalized learning can revolutionize education through real-world examples, research, practical advice, and inspiring stories.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 18, 2025

But new research suggests that this narrative is missing an entire chapter. Rather than a single lineage evolving smoothly over time, the evidence suggests a history of separation and recombination," says Cousins. The researchers made this discovery not by analyzing ancient bones but by studying the DNA of living people.

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Teaching Anthropology

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

ELIZABETH KEATING, Professor of Anthropology & Graduate Faculty, Human Dimensions of Organizations, The University of Texas at Austin Teaching through research is recognized as one of the strengths of anthropology. The students used questions I developed and used in my research project. References Keating, E.

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NCHE

APRIL 1, 2025

The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is excited to announce a new partnership with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program (TPS). As of February 2025, NCHE serves as the director of one of the Librarys newest regional granting entities, the Great Plains Region.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 3, 2025

0310942 Population Dynamics Amidst Climatic Shifts The research indicates that during the warmer phases of the Final Paleolithic, known as Greenland Interstadial 1d-a (GI-1d-a), human populations expanded into northern and northeastern Central Europe. ​ Additional Related Research Ruan, Q.-J., Credit: PLOS ONE (2025).

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 26, 2025

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. Out-of-Asia migration of forest yeast since the Last Ice Age. (A)

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

But a new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Ferrara and published as a preprint on bioRxiv 1 , challenges this oversimplified account. Instead, the researchers found that the first light-skinned individuals did not appear until the Mesolithic period (~12,000 years ago), and even then, they were rare.

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NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

After Jessica Ellison invited me to participate in a conversation about how academic historians might be of use to K-12 teachers, I did a little research: I asked teachers at our state social studies council what they most needed for their work. We take Ford up on his pronouncement: Bunk presents new interpretations of US history every day.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 27, 2025

Yet, could these stories also encode the history of humanity’s migrations and interactions? By combining genetic data with a vast database of over 2,000 mythological motifs, this research uncovers how the tales we tell may trace back to the Out of Africa migration, some 60,000 years ago. .

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Becoming a History Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2024

But how should we approach this in the history classroom? As history teachers we often problematise controversial issues to ‘see both sides of an issue’. As always it is helpful to come back to the discipline of history and what it means to teach sensitive histories well. Grosvenor (2000, p.157),

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

While observing a 7th-grade history teacher, I saw him telling jokes to build relationships at the beginning of the class. In a past post , I shared how leaders can use AI to provide timely and personalized feedback, create a research-based comment library to use during formal observation or evaluations, and streamline communication.

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TeachThought

JULY 20, 2024

Future of Work Discussions: Research how AI impacts careers and discuss societal adaptations to technological changes. ’ History and AI: Study the history of technological advancements and their societal impacts. Science and AI: Explore AI applications in scientific research, such as analyzing astronomical data.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A groundbreaking study 1 of ancient human DNA from the Oakhurst rock shelter in South Africa is shedding new light on population history in one of the world’s earliest regions of modern human activity. ” Despite these challenges, the research team was able to construct a time series of genomes spanning 10,000 to 1,300 years ago.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2024

Early research is finding that the new artificial intelligence of large language models, also known as generative AI, is approaching the accuracy of a human in scoring essays and is likely to become even better soon. There aren’t enough hours in the day. Could ChatGPT relieve teachers of some of the burden of grading papers?

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

However, new research highlights their lesser-known mastery of aquaculture. Researchers excavate a canal site in Belize that was part of a ancient large-scale fish-trapping facility. Researchers estimate the system could produce enough fish annually to feed 15,000 people. 1 Eleanor Harrison-Buck et al.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 27, 2025

Among the architectural remnants and everyday artifacts, researchers have uncovered compelling evidence of early copper use and production.​ ​ Implications for the History of Metallurgy The discoveries at Gre Fılla necessitate a reevaluation of the origins of metallurgy.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

All of (the teachers) are assessing reading artifacts, writing artifacts, research artifacts, Messer explains, with the same rubric across our building. Students begin with content-heavy lessons on Earths spheres, ecosystems, and the habits of research scientists. Defining the Competencies So where do these durable skills come from?

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NCHE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

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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