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Rapid climate change during the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, during the Middle Stone Age, sparked surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations, according to new research.

«The most distinct of the many cultural innovations in the HP culture were the invention of the bow and arrow, different methods of heating raw materials (stone) before knapping to produce arrow heads, engraving ostrich eggshells with elaborate patterns, intensive use of hearths and relatively intense hunting and gathering practices,» says Professor Christopher Henshilwood, one of the team members from Wits and Bergen Universities.

Not exact matches

Cultural melting pots produce inventive meals, believes Sohrab Vossoughi, CEO of Ziba, an innovation consulting firm in Portland, Oregon.

Her expertise combines design research, social science and strategic innovation, specializing in turning cultural insights into relevant business strategies.

Sometimes innovation has to account for vast differences in cultural and socioeconomic conditions.

Associated with tech - driven innovation, quirky, youthful workplaces and high - impact results, the global proliferation of startups may be a cultural phenomenon in addition to a new economic engine.

In the realms of both cultural development and technical innovation, ignorance and inflexibility are the enemy; Giancarlo stresses that the upcoming generation «see virtual currency — along with social media — as a means to bypass control by a failed generation of leadership.»

«Toronto is brilliantly positioned for success in the global innovation economy, with world - leading scientific discovery and humanities scholarship, a stable economy, and a vibrant creative and cultural community.

The main themes of the questions were innovation, climate - change policy and the cultural sector in Canada.

In each case (1965 and 1981) it is evident (and somewhat embarrassing) that my sense of theological dislocation is hardly a matter of my own new insight or innovation, but one of a somewhat panicky, sloppy and inept reaction to external events, to massive and threatening cultural and historical changes that, quite against my will, force on me a different procedure, a different viewpoint, a different set of questions — a different theology.

As a cultural leader in its territory, we will attempt to bring you the best of the worldwide sushi innovations in the form of recommendations for sushi restaurants, sushi festivals, and pictures of celebrities enjoying their sushi in partial nudity.

Other activities in four municipalities in Mindanao include forum on golden rice and organic agriculture, organic food and products fair, press conference, concert, cultural presentations (reading of poems on organic agriculture composed by farmers), t - shirts printing, dissemination of campaign materials, sharing of farmers» practices and innovations, boodle fight, and opening of organic trading post.

This could be through culinary innovation, a commitment to social responsibility, sustainability or the economic development of their community; involvement in health or environmental campaigns, the promotion of pioneering cultural projects, or works that benefit society through their positive impact on the food industry.

Wolfgang Puck Catering, brings a new level of innovation and inspiration to special event and contract dining services for cultural, corporate and entertainment venues across the country, offering a restaurant - quality experience in a special event setting for both small and large scale events.

Cultural innovations and child care practices and, importantly, the dynamic social values and ideologies that legitimize them, shift quite rapidly relative to evolutionary - based changes in fundamental infant biology.1 This raises the possibility that widely recommended infant care practices can be at odds with the human infant's biological, psychological and emotional needs and expectations, at least as inferred from the human infant's evolutionary past.

University College London archaeologist Stephen Shennan has proposed that cultural innovations were likely due to increased contact among humans as they began living in ever - larger groups.

This represents a period of dramatic innovation in terms of subsistence, cultural and technological practices among the humans of the age.

«Our research points to the fact that changes in long - distance contact, socio - cultural interactions and population movements may be just as important, or more important, for innovation as environmental drivers,» says van Niekerk.

Putting this theory to the test, however, the researchers found that remarkable cultural and technological innovations seen in the sites in South Africa can not be linked directly to climate shifts.

«Cultural flexibility was key for early humans to survive extreme dry periods in southern Africa: The ability to be flexible through the innovation of technology helped early humans to survive prolonged periods of pronounced aridification.»

The early human techno - tradition, known as Howiesons Poort (HP), associated with Homo sapiens who lived in southern Africa about 66,000 to 59,000 years ago indicates that during this period of pronounced aridification they developed cultural innovations that allowed them to significantly enlarge the range of environments they occupied.

As for the role of population size in spurring our evolution, he and Wang had not given it much thought, but they saw the idea as complementary to their own view, since cultural innovations allowed more people to survive.

In reality, however, rampant problems in research funding — some attributable to the system and others cultural — are slowing down China's potential pace of innovatioIn reality, however, rampant problems in research funding — some attributable to the system and others cultural — are slowing down China's potential pace of innovatioin research funding — some attributable to the system and others cultural — are slowing down China's potential pace of innovation.

Having grandparents around in large numbers would have significantly increased population size, thus fostering innovation and self - expression, and it would have facilitated the transfer of valuable knowledge and cultural traditions to the next generation.

«On the product front, Tinder has been on the cutting edge of innovation since its inception in 2012, inventing the swipe gesture, which has since become this cultural phenomenon of «swipe right» and «swipe left» and that is often imitated on mobile products,» she said.

Zoolander and Hansel are veritable Rip Van Winkles, but — distinguishing the film from its Austin Powers template, as well as Zoolander 2's immediate predecessor — it's the cultural innovations they encounter that are held up to ridicule, such as phones that are bigger than Zoolander's (redeeming his microscopic cellphone from the original), hipster patois (although «hashtag» has for some reason penetrated Derek's vocabulary), and a gender - neutral model (Benedict Cumberbatch) whose name, All, and uncanniness mock the trans movement at a particularly precarious moment in our history.

Through our open call for submissions, we hope to engage with filmmakers on the forefront of cinematic innovation and experimentation in both content and form, presenting access - driven stories with journalistic integrity that demand an engagement with our political and cultural environments.

Nothing can match the original Star Wars in terms of filmmaking innovation and cultural impact, and The Empire Strikes Back will forever remain as one of the model examples of how to do a sequel right.

But in a society where innovation is simply everything, it is a cultural and moral failure to encourage this compliance.

• In PROJECTS AND TRENDS: Pedagogic innovations; Challenges and transformations in Education; Technology in teaching and learning; Distance Education and eLearning; Global and sustainable developments for Education; New learning and teaching models; Multicultural and (inter) cultural communications; Inclusive and Special Education; Rural and indigenous Education; Educational projectIn PROJECTS AND TRENDS: Pedagogic innovations; Challenges and transformations in Education; Technology in teaching and learning; Distance Education and eLearning; Global and sustainable developments for Education; New learning and teaching models; Multicultural and (inter) cultural communications; Inclusive and Special Education; Rural and indigenous Education; Educational projectin Education; Technology in teaching and learning; Distance Education and eLearning; Global and sustainable developments for Education; New learning and teaching models; Multicultural and (inter) cultural communications; Inclusive and Special Education; Rural and indigenous Education; Educational projectin teaching and learning; Distance Education and eLearning; Global and sustainable developments for Education; New learning and teaching models; Multicultural and (inter) cultural communications; Inclusive and Special Education; Rural and indigenous Education; Educational projects.

It aims to expand in places that have characteristics hospitable to clusters, such as significant talent density, parents who demand innovation, high concentrations of financial assets to fuel experimentation, and «cultural capital,» an ephemeral influencer effect that can provide a lift in branding micro-schooling as the next big thing.

The doctoral program in special education is designed to prepare students for creative leadership in a rapidly changing world that is experiencing increasing cultural diversity, curriculum and structural reforms in schools, and pedagogical innovations across the educational spectrum.

As such, we hope you'll join us in fostering an environment that enhances awareness, aids in innovation, contributes to personal development, and promotes increased cultural understanding.

Not only does this help unlock the mysteries of early innovation, it provides insight into distinct cultural differences: the ancient Maya, for example, were remarkably advanced, while the British remained firmly rooted in tradition, even into later centuries — a stubbornness that led to the spread of the Black Death.

Although I admire Amazon for its culture of innovation and superb customer service, I do not consider it beneficial either for society (readers) or any of the entities involved in the book industry (publishers, bookstores, libraries, etc.) to allow one company to take on such a leading position in the cultural world and be able to determine its future at its own whim.

The team at TURBO believes New York has the potential to drive the next wave of innovation in games, fueled by unparalleled cultural capital.

Game Republic in the afternoon at Futurelabs featured talks from Sony PlayStation VR on «The Journey So Far» including what the company is looking for now in VR games and experiences («innovation» and «the next big thing») and a presentation from York developer Recluse Industries, plus the BFI on the cultural test for Games Tax Relief.

Like great conversation, innovation is something that happens IN THE SPACES BETWEEN PEOPLE — i.e. it's a cultural issue.

«El Anatsui is perhaps the most significant living African artist working on the continent today,» said Baratta, citing his «originality of artistic vision, his long - term commitment to formal innovation, and his assertion through his work of the place of Africa's artistic and cultural traditions in international contemporary art.»

A pioneer of the Korean avant - garde and part of the first generation of experimental artists to embrace innovation and modernist influences after the end of the Korean War in 1953, Seung - taek Lee has continuously engaged political and cultural themes over the course of his six - decade career.

But Spanish artists never rivaled artists in the rest of Europe and therefore could not match the cultural hegemony of its rival European states, in spite of all the formal conventions and technical innovations shared by the century's new art.

Proposals are evaluated on the basis of the following criteria, which are weighed equally: How well a project aligns with the MAP Fund's goal of supporting experimentation and innovation in all traditions and disciplines of live performance, especially work that brings insight to the issue of cultural difference, be that in class, gender, generation, race, religion, sexual orientation or other aspects of diversity The artistic strength of the proposed project The viability of the project, based on the applicant's professional capabilities as demonstrated in the project narrative, bio and artist statement, and work samples.

The exhibition is certain to expand your vocabulary of early abstraction and modernism, the underlaying historical, literary and cultural factors that allowed for this new visual language to cement its position in history and help better understand later innovations by Mark Rothko, Joseph Albers, Chuck Close, Spencer Finch, Richard Serra, Julian Schnabel and others.

Hiller's career to date has been marked by her pioneering use of up - to - the - minute technologies, a feature of her work that Ann Gallagher, Curator of the exhibition at Tate Britain has attempted to emphasise: «She has always been at the forefront in terms of new technological advances, combining media or using new innovations, such as the internet, as forms of basic cultural material.»

It seems symptomatic of a broader reorientation in the pop - cultural landscape of early»90s Britain, away from the plaid - shirt nihilism of Generation X, towards a confident levity and engagement with a more localized pop sensibility — a loss of interest in the US as locus of artistic innovation.

The British architect comes to the Studio Museum project with a soaring reputation for innovation and a laundry list of cultural institutions in his international portfolio.

Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana's Corporate Membership Card enables companies to involve their staff, partners and collaborators in a high - quality artistic and cultural project that strengthens the company culture through innovation and creativity.

Vive Arts» Mission is to enable and preserve cultural heritage for the world, and to democratize creation with digital innovation in the arts.

These curators and cultural leaders to watch are in the position to drive exhibition programming, acquisitions, innovations in what is considered art, and influence hiring, fellowship and internship opportunities, and how institutions grow their audiences.

Beckman's innovations overlap two cultural spheres — neither completely in line with the vernacular of the American structural filmmakers in which it was exhibited cinematically in festivals — nor maximized to its full potential in contemporary art durational venues, where opportunities for installations focusing on projection, sculpture and sound were limited.