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on December 17, 2020.
By Rachel Nuwer
In 2008, workers searching for diamonds off the coast of Namibia found a different kind of treasure: hundreds of gold coins mixed with timber and other debris. They had stumbled upon Bom Jesus, a Portuguese trading vessel lost during a voyage to India in 1533. Among the 40 tons of cargo recovered from the sunken ship were more than 100 elephant tusks.
More than a decade after the ship’s discovery, a team of archaeologists, geneticists and ecologists have pieced together the mystery of where the tusks came from and how they fit into the overall picture of historical ivory trade. The researchers’ analysis also revealed that entire elephant lineages have likely been wiped out since the Bom Jesus set sail, shining a light on the extent to which humans have decimated a species once found in far greater numbers across large parts of the African continent.
Presidential Advisory 1776 Commission
In an 11th-hour White House report, the administration that coined the term “alternative facts” says it s academics who have hijacked the truth about U.S. history.
Historians, in turn, generally agree that the report released by the Presidential Advisory 1776 Commission is garbage. The document lacks citations, fails to mention Native Americans entirely, traffics heavily in American “values” at the expense of objective truths and bemoans the “radicalization of American politics” from the 1960s onward.
Less clear to historians is how much of an impact the report will have on already divided and fact-challenged culture.
David Blight, Sterling Professor of American History at Yale University, said that academic historians, “even those with conservative instincts, will discredit this report whenever asked. We value research, facts, evidence, and then interpretation and debate above ideology. At least most of us do.”
Memorial tribute honours floriculture giant
January 20, 2021
Dr. Harold F. Wilkins.
The American Floral Endowment (AFE) has announced a new memorial tribute in memory of Dr. Harold F. Wilkins, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Horticulture, University of Minnesota, who passed away on January 7.
Wilkins was a major force in the floriculture world, creating ideas, generating research, and mentoring students that profoundly influenced industry and academic directions. The $1,000 fund was established by Royal Heins, one of his students and professional colleagues.
A lover of flowers all his life, he was born in Cobden, Union County, Ill. His entire family, including his parents J. Harley and Pauline Wilkins, was involved in the horticulture business.
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