Archaeological Institute of America
Early Homo Erectus Tools in China
An article which describes a fossil site in eastern China where evidence has been found that Home erectus may have been active in eastern China some 400,000 years earlier than scientists believed. The authors also summarize the debate...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Freedom, Making of African American Identity: V. 2, 1865 1917
Sixteen primary sources-historical documents, literary texts, visual images, and audio material-that explore African American perceptions of freedom from Emancipation to the early-twentieth century.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: The Promised Land?
A short story and a painting illustrating African American perceptions of Northern cities. Rudolph Fisher's short story "The City of Refuge" and William H. Johnson's painting Moon over Harlem offer insight into life within the black...
Other
Mitochondrial Dna Adaptations in Human Population (2004)
Hawks's research involves the use of mtDNA studies to hypothesize the ability to survive in certain climatic zones.
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Center for the Study of the First Americans
This institute attempts to provide answers to the questions: when did the first people enter the Americas, who were the first immigrants, where did they come from, and how did they get here?
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Cabrillo College: The Men From Spirit Cave and Wizard's Beach
Read about the discoveries of the Spirit Lake Man and Wizard's Beach Man.
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Encyclopedia Virginia: Clovis and Pre Clovis Culture
The evidence found at excavations at Cactus Hill in Virginia are pushing back the dates of the appearance of humans in the Western Hemisphere. Read about what has been found and the theories of how man reached the east coast of America...
Curated OER
Unesco: Tanzania: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area spans vast expanses of highland plains, savanna, savanna woodlands and forests. Established in 1959 as a multiple land use area, with wildlife coexisting with semi-nomadic Maasai pastoralists practicing...