AvatarHowardFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days ago20 English Words From Native American Languagestprteaching.com - Caitriona MariaDid you know that many words for animals, food, and even medicine come from indigenous languages? The indigenous peoples of North and South America …
AvatarHowardAvatarAvatar6 days agoAncient Indigenous lineage of Blackfoot Confederacy goes back 18,000 years to last ice age, DNA revealsLive Science - By Kristina KillgroveA new DNA study of living and historical members of the Blackfoot Confederacy in the U.S. and Canada suggests that they share a lineage with people …
AvatarHowardFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGiants' Alyssa Nakken coaches first regular season game as a mom with baby daughter at the ballparkFOX SportsAlyssa Nakken stole a quick moment to make an important pregame stop ahead of San Francisco's home opener: the assistant coach ducked into the family …
AvatarHowardFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoScientists discover 9000-Year-Old ‘Stonehenge-like’ structure hidden beneath Lake Michiganthebrighterside.news - Joseph ShavitThe picturesque waters of Grand Traverse Bay have long harbored stories of maritime history, with dozens of known shipwrecks bearing witness to its …
AvatarHowardFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIn 1877, a stained-glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time − a scholar of visual images unpacks its history and significancetheconversation.com - Virginia RaguinA stained-glass window, donated in 1877 to a church in Rhode Island, shows Jesus as a dark-skinned man. Most Western depictions portrayed him as a …
AvatarHowardFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBlackfoot People Carry DNA From Unknown Ancestors Who Came To America 18,000 Years Ago - Ancient Pagesancientpages.com - AncientPages.comJan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new interesting DNA study reveals that the Blackfoot people trace their ancestry to a previously unknown genetic …
AvatarHowardAvatarAvatarAntarctic Polar Vortex Is Now Spinning in the Wrong Direction and Could Impact Global Weatherverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Sarah CurrierThe Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is a large ocean current—or polar vortex—that flows clockwise around the continent of Antarctica, with wind speeds of around 155 miles per hour. But due the impacts of climate change, the vortex has been gradually growing faster and faster over the past …
AvatarHowardAvatarAvatarWas Jesus a man of color? Why this question matters more than eververified_publisherCNNCNN — Christena Cleveland spent much of her childhood in an evangelical church surrounded by traditional images of a porcelain-skinned and flaxen-haired Jesus. But one day she came across a portrayal of Christ that was so astonishing that she gasped. It was a painting of a resurrected Jesus …
AvatarHowardFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoOn This Day in 1930, Constantinople Was Renamed Istanbul, Both Greek Wordsgreekreporter.com - Tasos KokkinidisBuilt as Byzantium around 657 BC and then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century CE after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the …
AvatarHowardAvatarAvatarPolar vortex is 'spinning backwards' above Arctic after major reversal eventLive Science - By Harry BakerEarlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is …
AvatarHowardAvatarAvatarA New Discovery at Easter Island Could Rewrite History As We Know Itverified_publisherPopular Mechanics - Darren OrfRadiocarbon dating of ancient scripts suggests a groundbreaking origin story. humans inhabit—or have, at the very least, explored—pretty much every corner of the planet. But that immense proliferation of Home sapiens across the globe was a slow process. With the first humans leaving Africa between 60 …
AvatarHowardAvatarAvatarThis 2,200-year-old slab bears the world’s first mention of leap yearverified_publisherNational Geographic - Indi BainsEvidence dating back to 238 B.C. shows that ancient Egyptians recognized the need for a leap year to correct the slow drift of the seasons.