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Journal of Big History, 2017 Big history is a new disciplinary field of scholarship that studies the past at all possible scales. Its approach is historical, but it links disciplines from cosmology to geology to evolutionary biology and human history. Beginning with E.H.
David Christian
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Little Learners, Big History, Bigger Future: How Big History Widened the Worldviews of 8-9 Year Olds
Journal of Big History, 2020 This article is based on a workshop I presented at the 2018 Big History International Conference in Philadelphia, where I addressed findings from my recently completed PhD thesis: An Tair-seach (threshold): An exploration of connecting the emerging ...
Marilyn Ahearn
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How Big History Could Change the World for the Better
Journal of Big History, 2019 Big History is ideally positioned to act as a major driver of social change through the promotion of a rigorous and accessible scientific origin story.
Elise Bohan
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Erupções do Kilauea e o arquipélago havaiano: a geologia da tectônica de placas e dos pontos quentes
Journal of Big History, 2019 A four-month surge of Mount Kilauea eruptions (May to August 2018) on the Big Island reminds us that the whole chain of Hawaiian islands has been built by volcanic activity.
Barry Wood
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The Trajectory of Evolution and Its Implications for Humanity
Journal of Big History, 2019 Does the Big History of life on Earth disclose a trajectory that has been driven by selection? If so, will the trajectory continue to apply into the future? This paper argues that such a trajectory exists, and examines some of its key implications.
John E. Stewart
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A Little Big History of Iberian Gold
Journal of Big History, 2017 We present a “little big history” of the gold that either was mined in the Iberian Peninsula, or was brought there from deposits located elsewhere, by trade or by conquest. During Roman times, gold was extracted from the Peninsula itself. In the Middle
Olga García-Moreno +3 more
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Journal of Big History, 2018 The aim of this article is to set a macro-historical narrative concerning the emergence of warfare and social ethics as symplesiomorphic features in the lineage of Homo sapiens.
Daniel Barreiros
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Welcome to the Journal of Big History
Journal of Big History, 2017 Welcome to the first issue of the Journal of Big History. The International Big History Association introduces this new journal to take the most recent step towards advancing the field of big history. We invite your submission for future issues.
Lowell Gustafson
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A Four-billion-year Story: The Making of India
Journal of Big History, 2020 Sixty-five years ago, A. L. Basham highlighted the making of India in his book, The Wonder that was India (1954). It acknowledged human presence 100,000 years ago; the dawn of agriculture around 10,000 BC; the rise of the first villages; ancient goddess ...
Barry Wood
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Journal of Big History, 2018 La Gran Historia es un nuevo campo disciplinario de estudios que se ocupa del pasado en todas las escalas posibles. Su enfoque es histórico, pero vincula las disciplinas de la cosmología a la geología con la biología evolutiva y la ...
David Christian
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