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In Neanderthal DNA, Signs of a Mysterious Human Migration A new genetic analysis finds that ancient Africans walked into Europe 270,000 years ago, much earlier than previously known, and interbred with Neanderthals. Congresswoman pushing Trump to back women's history museum on the Mall The New York Democrat, whose district includes Trump Tower, is on a mission to sell her idea to the women in the White House. 'Comfort women': Researchers claim first known film South Korea has released what it says is the first known footage of "comfort women" forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War Two. The Most Unpopular Bill In Three Decades "The Republican health care effort is the most unpopular legislation in three decades — less popular than the Affordable Care Act when it was passed, the widely hated Troubled Asset Relief Program bank bailout bill in 2008, and even President Bill Clinton's failed health reform effort in the 1990s." What to Do With the Tributes After the Shooting Stops In recent years, archivists, historians and librarians have been asked to curate the aftermath of catastrophes: school massacres, a nightclub siege, a bombing, a rampage during a Bible study. Trump was first U.S. president to visit Warsaw without visiting the Warsaw Ghetto since 1989 Though the president did not visit the site, his daughter Ivanka Trump — a convert to Judaism — visited Thursday afternoon to lay a wreath. At stormy meet, UNESCO declares Hebron an endangered Palestinian site Israel says resolution calling the biblical Tomb of the Patriarchs a Palestinian heritage site is 'shameful'; second anti-Israel vote in three days. Hobby Lobby Hands Over 5,500 Illegally Imported Artifacts In 2010, the arts-and-crafts retailer purchased thousands of cultural artifacts smuggled from Iraq. Chilcot: Tony Blair was not 'straight with the nation' over Iraq war Head of Iraq inquiry says he does not believe former PM was clear enough about his decisions in the run-up to war. You Might Like Note from HNN Editor: HNN is not responsible for the content of these ads. Historians in the News What follows is a streamlined list of stories.  To see the full list:  Go Here! Women are making the classics their own by Emily Wilson Now, at long last, we are beginning to see an outpouring of translations of Greek and Latin texts by women. American Heritage Returns in Digital Format American Heritage, the beloved, 68-year-old magazine of history, returned to regular publication on our Nation's Birthday, July 4, 2017. Rolf Peter Sieferle: Germany's Newest Intellectual Antihero by Christopher Caldwell The German historian who took his own life last year has become a hero of the extreme right.  But does he deserve their praise? Columbia's Charles K. Armstrong returns prize for high-profile book with 70+ corrections The AHA had awarded the book the Fairbank prize in 2014. Morton Cohen, Scholar of Lewis Carroll and His Wonderland, Dies at 96 Mr. Cohen tracked down many of the women Carroll had corresponded with when they were young. List: The 25 Moments that Changed America (as selected by historians) Manisha Sinha, Anne Hyde, Ken Burns, Matthew Karp, Wendy Warren, Christine Heyrman, and more. Niall Ferguson is coming out with a new book It's "The Square and The Tower" and it's about history's hidden networks. Historian: The Declaration of Independence was a plea for help Larrie Ferreiro argues in a recent book that the Declaration should be considered a "Declaration That We Depend on France (and Spain, Too)." NEH blasted in Forbes by George Leef So is Nancy MacLean for writing a book against the radical right. (She got NEH funding.) Jon Meacham: Being a historian at a time like this means every day is Christmas "If you care about the underlying elements of our national story, the national order, then a moment in which all of those fundamental assumptions are being questioned is a time of intrinsic interest." Head of New Hampshire Historical Society says he's seen a marked decline in students' knowledge in the last 5 years by William Dunlap Many fourth graders don't seem to know anything about the American Revolution, he says. You Might Like Note from HNN Editor: HNN is not responsible for the content of these ads.

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