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Part of my online life includes editorial duties at ResearchBlogging.org, where I serve as the Social Sciences Editor. Each Thursday, I pick notable posts on research in anthropology, philosophy, social science, and research to share on the ResearchBlogging.org News site. To help highlight this writing, I also share my selections here on AiP.
This week on ResearchBlogging.org:
Is Columbus and his crew to blame for the rise of syphilis in the Old World? The debate continues at Spirochetes Unwound.
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What's working and what isn't working in rural education in India? Aatish Bhatia at Empirical Zeal discusses the state of Indian rural education in 2011.
How do you develop a typology within a typology? Evoanth has the details on archaeological classifications.
I'll be back next week with more from anthropology, philosophy, and research.