In humans, social complexity usually involves clear governance hierarchies, with leaders and middle managers directing our activities. But ants don’t work that way.
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Can astronauts spend prolonged time in close quarters millions of miles from Earth without killing each other?
Along with firearms and disease, the horse was a key element in occupying Aboriginal land during the colonial period and controlling the largely convict workforce on the frontier.
An honest reckoning with Captain Cook’s legacy won’t heal things overnight. But it’s a start
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The impact of 1770 has never eased for Aboriginal people. It was a collision of catastrophic proportions.
Botany was an integral feature of Britain’s colonial and imperial ambitions.
While the hurricanes last year dealt devastating blows to Puerto Rico, its challenges predate the storms and continue on today. They also offer new opportunities.
Some Puerto Ricans voted, but most stayed home amid a looming financial debt crisis and political protests. Will this vote matter?
Since the 1920s Pentecostal churches have had a major impact in South Africa’s Indian community. Their converts have grown larger than all the other Christian denominations put together.
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Associate Professor of Political Science and El Instituto, University of Connecticut
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Chair/Professor of Latin American and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures, Depts. Spanish and Portuguese, African and African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Political Science, City University of New York
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Director/Chair of Aboriginal History - The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle
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Professor of History, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Entomology, University of Sydney