Of course, in this respect, the film is not a whole lot better than high school textbooks, ignoring the Vietnamese, glossing over the war itself, … What Spielberg’s The Post — and Our Textbooks — Leave OutRead more
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Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreeding
The study, reported in the journal Science, examined genetic information from the remains of anatomically modern humans who lived during the Upper Palaeolithic, a period … Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreedingRead more
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Ancient Humans Left Africa to Escape Drying Climate
Humans migrated out of Africa as the climate shifted from wet to very dry about 60,000 years ago, according to research led by a University … Ancient Humans Left Africa to Escape Drying ClimateRead more
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Modern humans emerged more than 300,000 years ago
The team sequenced the genomes of seven individuals who lived in southern Africa 2300-300 years ago. The three oldest individuals dating to 2300-1800 years ago … Modern humans emerged more than 300,000 years agoRead more
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Power is a threat to culture
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Royal Advisors Have Advocated False Flag Terrorism for More Than 2,000 Years
Kautilya (also called “Chanakya”) was a royal advisor thousands of years ago in ancient India. His writing is considered an important precursor to much modern … Royal Advisors Have Advocated False Flag Terrorism for More Than 2,000 YearsRead more
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Arrival of modern humans in Southeast Asia questioned
Humans may have exited out of Africa and arrived in Southeast Asia 20,000 years earlier than previously thought, a new study involving University of Queensland … Arrival of modern humans in Southeast Asia questionedRead more
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Compassionate capitalism in the Middle Ages
Profit and philanthropy in medieval Cambridge Community engagement and responsible use of profits are issues of increasing concern to contemporary businesses. While interest in these … Compassionate capitalism in the Middle AgesRead more
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Most Americans Don’t Know How Civil War Ended
People deal with political trauma in different ways. After the 2016 election, yuppies who once scoffed at preppers found themselves stockpiling canned goods. Barack Obama … Most Americans Don’t Know How Civil War EndedRead more
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Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Illegitimate Private Debt
Part I Throughout human history, private debt has been used by the dominant classes to subjugate, despoil, expropriate, and dispossess the toiling classes (among whom … Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Illegitimate Private DebtRead more