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Evolution is all around us. Walking is evolution. Language is evolution. Frankly, the world around us is all evolution. “Evolution … is a...
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marketingc8
Sep 28, 20232 min read
Jaw & Order
We have said it before and we’ll say it again—at some point we will know the full story of human evolution. Look at the discoveries that...
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marketingc8
Jul 13, 20232 min read
Ravens & Us
Here’s your science word for the day. Synanthrope. Syn=together. Thrope=man. A synanthrope is an organism that lives near and benefits...
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marketingc8
May 24, 20233 min read
John Scopes, (Nearly) 100 Years On
Reading the new book Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan, we were reminded that the Scopes trial is nearly a century behind us. Egan’s...
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marketingc8
May 3, 20234 min read
Birth & Eggs & Evolution
We can’t get enough of this article in Aeon Media (purpose: “to explore and communicate knowledge that addresses our shared need to make...
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marketingc8
Jan 31, 20233 min read
Unstoppable Us
Before we get to our hearty endorsement of Unstoppable Us—How Humans Took Over The World, we have a question: do you know the author,...
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marketingc8
Jul 27, 20223 min read
A Mosaic Evolution
Contemplate these two important points: · There is no linear evolutionary history of the human species. · Different branches of...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jun 16, 20212 min read
Giraffes and Genomes
Can we all, for a moment, stop what we’re doing and appreciate giraffes? To appreciate giraffes, of course, means to appreciate their...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 19, 20212 min read
First Steps
What is it, precisely, about our anatomy that sets our species apart in the animal kingdom? Opposable thumbs? Big brains, which enable...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Feb 4, 20213 min read
Our Oldest Friends
At what point did the big bad wolf become humanity’s best friend? How did it happen, and who initiated contact —the wolf or the human?...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jan 8, 20213 min read
Microevolution Part II
Microevolution Part One focused on changes in anatomy that we — Homo Sapiens — have undergone in the past couple thousand years. Part Two...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Aug 31, 20203 min read
Unseen
When you work within the Anatomy in Clay curriculum and use the special clay to craft parts of the body, it’s easy to think of those body...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jun 23, 20202 min read
Evolution In Front of Our Eyes
We just raced down a rabbit—er, fox—hole and we made it back alive to report something we already knew. Evolution is happening right...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
May 4, 20201 min read
Mammalian Pronation
Behold the cynodont. (Sounds like: sign-uh-daunt.) Cynodonts gave rise to all living mammals about 250 million years ago. Or so. These...
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Mar 30, 20203 min read
Nuchal Ligament
We can’t recommend a recent episode of the Radiolab podcast—Man Against Horse—highly enough. It includes: · Pigs on a treadmill · Humans...
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Feb 19, 20202 min read
Tunicate – Part 2
By Jon Zahourek Vertebrate Anatomy is a System of Subsystems The key to vertebrate movement is the axial subsystem. If you own a...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Jan 9, 20202 min read
Climate & Us
Australia is on ablaze. The ice caps are melting. Glaciers are disappearing. Sea temperatures are rising. Climate change is for real. No...
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ANATOMY IN CLAY® System
Dec 3, 20193 min read
A Pocket History of Human Evolution
Chances are you don’t come to the Anatomy in Clay® Learning System blog looking for book reviews, but here’s one. We are here to...
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