April 11, 2019. One
of our graduates, CA
agent Patrick Girukwayo,
conducted a
sensitization to 500
Youth (selected from
various background including
260 girls) gathered at
Mont Carmel for the “Journee
Inter-diocesaine de Jeunes”
in Goma, Democratic Republic
of the Congo. The session
was held in the framework of
encouraging Youth to support
peace and security in the
region. To recall, this meeting
gathered youth from DRC, Rwanda and Burundi
in the context when
MONUSCO (United
Nations Organization
Stabilization Mission
in the DR Congo) has
provided a logistical
support (tents, generators, office
material, water, …) to the
event. During the session, CA
explained:
MONUSCO’s role in supporting
state authority
and peaceful cohabitation
among communities in Nord
Kivu, Goma.
The role of Youth in creating a positive and peaceful climate
through collaboration.
The role of Youth in identifying
key security and causes
of tensions (ethnic and
political) and timely alert for
preventive responses.
· The role of youth to support
the 1500 Youth leaders
through the 18 Youth committees
of GOAM who were
created in 2018 by CA and
the Ministry of Interior.
The culture of good communicating
with local actors in
denouncing every cause of
destabilization. How youth should avoid
political manipulation that
might to fuel ethnic and
community violence. In a
lively interactive and participative
discussion, youth
asked several questions on:
· How they can participate in
strengthening social cohesion
in their areas.
Enhance of young girls’
leadership in supporting
peace and security, etc.
Participants recommended
MONUSCO to organize sessions
of Leadership to key
authorities and encourage
them to include Youth in
State services and local
development priorities to reduce
Youth delinquency.
Patrick Girukwayo has completed
a Doctorate program in
Leadership & Strategic Planning
at Atlantic International
University.
June 14, 2019.
Dr. Ricardo
Gonzalez,
Provost of AIU,
was courteously
invited,
on behalf of Conference Chair
Myung Chul Chang, to be an
Invited speaker at “OLC Nanotechnology-
2019” which will be
held on September 23-24, 2019
at Chicago, USA.
The theme of the conference
will be “Exploring the New
Challenges and Opportunities
in Nanotechnology and
Nanoscience.”
Prof. Myung Chul Chang is a
Director of Biomaterials Lab at
Kunsan National University,
Rep. of Korea, he completed
PhD at Seoul National University
and Postdoctoral studies
at University Illinois at Urbana
Champaign.
Here is an excerpt of the
invitation, signed by Rajinidevi
Bhimer, conference
secretary: “Your valuable
speech in the field of Nanotechnology
will raise enthusiasm
among prospective
attendees for participating in
Nanotechnology-2019”.
Visit
Interviews: www.aiu.edu/Graduation/grids/interviews.html
June 7, 2019. One of our
graduates, Eugenia Padovani
de Arce, has published
a book (in Spanish)
titled, “New Shoes for
my teacher: Teacher
training,” in Lulu Publishing.
Summary: Many teachers
have expressed that universities
have trained them to do an
excellent job, but when they
come to the classroom
they realize that what
they have learned is not
enough, they feel powerless
and overwhelmed.
Professionals do not receive
all the tools needed to do
their job —it’s like shoes, at one
point they get old or break.
Teachers have to be sensitive
to the personal needs that are presented to them, humble in
understanding that they don’t
know everything and to be
flexible to adapt. You have to
learn to love yourself first and
then care for the little ones,
you have to keep growing, if
not your shoes will get holes.
More information:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyWords=Eugenia+de+Arce&type
Eugenia has completed a
Doctorate program in Psychology
with honors at AIU.
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Fazal Rahman Bachelor of Science Architecture Afghanistan |
José Lombongo Abel Bachelor of Business and Economics Business Management Angola |
Afonso Serrão Bamba Bachelor of Communications Social Communication Angola |
Silvina Adriana Perez Doctor of Biology Nutrition Argentina |
Alvaro J. Aparicio Master of Science Psychology Argentina |
Coral V. Pinder Master of Science Public Administration Bahamas |
Gonzalo Carpio Deheza Doctor of Science Health Sciences Bolivia |
Nametsegang Tonkope Doctor of Philosophy Entrepreneursh ip, Research & Business Mgmt Botswana |
Olivia Azah Wando epouse Itoe Certificate of Science Animal Science Cameroon |
Tashmeni Singh Master of Science Healthcare Administration Canada |
João Paulo Gomes Rocha da Silva Bachelor of Science Information Technology Cape Verde |
Epainete Djangrang Sende Doctor of Science Public Health Chad |
Eva Soledad Orellana González Doctor of Philosophy Organizational Development Chile |
Mary Yelly Londoño Calle Master of Science Homotoxicology Colombia |
Diana Paola Bocanegra Horta Doctor of Science Public Health Colombia |
Isaí Romero Castro Bachelor of Science Psychology Colombia |
María Eugenia Ballestas Camargo Bachelor of Science Nutrition Colombia |
Michel Kishala Kisimba Master of Science Electrical Engineering Democratic Rep ublic of the Congo |
Omar Alejandro Estévez Estévez Doctor of Philosophy App lied Mathematics Science Dominican Rep ublic |
Vitalina Pietrobiasi Master of Business Administration Business Management Dominican Rep ublic |
Jorge Patricio Calderón Sánchez Master of Linguistics App lied Linguistics Ecuador |
Andrea Soledad Pinto Silva Bachelor of Science Food Engineering Ecuador |
Kimon Georgios Mademlis Doctor of Philosophy Marketing Estonia |
Hasmukh Lal Doctor of Business Administration Leadersh ip Fiji |
Francisco Ndong Micha Akele Bachelor of Business Administration Business Administration France |
Ioannis Alepidas Bachelor of Science Renewable Energy Germany |
Mindjae Meyong Pricila Gertrude Bachelor of Science Health Care Management Ghana |
Henry Castro Doctor of Education Education Guatemala |
Alex Ekow Mills Master of Science Cyber-Security Japan |
Eugenia J. Padovani de Arce Doctor of Psychology Child Psychology and Education Japan |
Erasmo Salazar Torres Doctor of Theology Moral Theology Mexico |
José Luis del Rio Gallegos Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration Mexico |
Ben A.G. Bambo, Sr. Doctor of Science Public Health Micronesia |
Abubakar Abdullahi Matazu Bachelor of Science Renewable Energy Engineering Nigeria |
Rosario Amparo Castillo Vigil Doctor of Health Science Microbiology Panama |
Amarilis Rivera González Doctor of Education Administration and Education Supervision Puerto Rico |
Justin Bisengimana Doctor of Science Business Administration Rwanda |
Visuanathan Gopalan Doctor of Philosophy Education Singapore |
Sivarajasingam Mahendran Doctor of Education Education Singapore |
Adan Okash Ali Bachelor of Business and Economics Business Administration Somalia |
Roselien Marie Rotgans Doctor of Theology Contextual Theology Suriname |
Michael Angelo Mlauzi Doctor of Management Strategic Management and Leadersh ip Swaziland |
Sakhumuzi Joel Simelane Bachelor of Science Information Technology Swaziland |
Happiness Garden Mengi Bachelor of Business Administration Banking and Finance Tanzania |
Robert Ismael Master of Projec t Management Project Management Tanzania |
Dania Anthonelle Rhonda Harry-Nero Doctor of Science Psychology Trinidad & Tobago |
Ahmed Attia A. Elimam Doctor of Philosophy Linguistics Turkey |
Cemile Aslı Üstünkaya Bachelor of Arts Business Administration Turkey |
Leo N. Mancini Master of Science Health Science USA |
Russell H. Cashin Doctor of Philosophy Nutritional Psychology USA |
Shadi Rasem Eid Eid Doctor of Business Administration Healthcare Management USA |
Brima Kamara Master of Science Electrical Engineering USA |
Eugene Lupenga Bachelor of Business Administration Human Resource Management Zambia |
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Summary
The world of new and
advanced technologies, such
as computer systems and
internet, far from making
man well educated and able
to interact continually with
others has resulted, so to say,
in mis-education and with no
morality. In a word, let me say
that there is a crisis in education,
as Muller has pointed out:
The present crisis in education
has arisen because the
enormous increase in human
knowledge and skill in
particular fields has meant
a corresponding loss of the
sense of wholeness… the
present industrialized world
takes account of nothing but
the technical requirements
for the continued functioning
of production in its countless specialized ramification; and
nature and history which
should reduce this process to
unity, seem but phantoms in
comparison with its obsessive
reality (Muller, 1968 214,215).
One may ask, what is so
interesting about education?
In fact what motivates me
to write on this topic is the
belief that there is a paradigmshift
in education. How is
this paradigm shift? Since
1960s, the system of education
in Mozambique has been
struggling in order to design
a specifics curriculum design
from primary to secondary,
(Palege, 2017).
From old system called
locally (Antigo Sistema in
portugues) to a new system
(Novo Sistema), introduced
gradual grade one up to grade
12, (Educere, 2013). The formal
curriculum design set by the
Portuguese colonial master
was put to an end, and then
the new curriculum design
comes in. The sustainability
of this curriculum depended
on the international financial
donor communities, (IND/
MINED, 2004).
The new financial donors
imposed a paradigm shift into
the curriculum of Mozambique
national system of
education. To receive money
from International Monetary
Fund or World Bank meant
to implement their rules and
budget procedures.
The outcomes did not
delay, today education efficiency
and quality is still
questioned, because we still
find many children with
difficulties in reading and
writing, many young men and
women with no abilities and
competences when employed,
(Bilale, 2007). The curriculum
design is not integrated to
the local cultural values and
traditions of the children.
Otherwise, if these curriculum
designs had good
impacts in people’s lives, to
get involved in civil wars,
ethnic discrimination, corruption,
nepotism would not
become everyday practices
or problems, neither could it
change constantly, because
good education gives values,
knowledge and morality. In
actual fact education is meant to for people, has to contribute,
to their families, villages,
and to the nation as whole
(Carlos, 2018); if the curriculum
cannot articulate to this
extent, this means it is not
efficient and effective.
To my understanding our
curriculum design is still far
from touching what Ubuntu
need; those in the rural area are
more vulnerable to the lack of
formal education than those in
the urban areas. Those in urban
areas are more likely to be involved
in crimes than those in
the rural, killing has become a
habit; man has turn into homo
hominis lupus, a latim saying
meaning man has become a
wolf for another man.
Therefore I think that to
engage in this philosophical
research on curriculum design
of educational system of Mozambican
was a big challenge.
It is my conviction that John
Dewey provides insight for the
renewal of African education
and a better approach of curriculum
design in the education
in Mozambique.
For John Dewey, education
is regarded as a necessity of
life; a renewal of life by transmission
of values, education is
communicating and transmission
of social values and
principles, education is self
learning experiences, (Dewey,
1931). To accomplish this research
I will use John Dewey
philosophy of education as
primary sources and Yusef
Waghid second source.
The structure of this thesis
is made of four chapters
whereby the first is dedicated
to Dewey’s biography and
his main ideals about his
philosophy of education. The
second deals with Dewey’s
principles of education, which
is the heart of this proposal
thesis. The third deals with an
overview Mozambican system
of education and curriculum
designs its changes along the
years. Then last chapter deals
with the principles as insight
into Mozambican curriculum
combined by African philosophy
of education, an approach
of Yusef Waghid.
The goal of this research
was to focus on the general
description of the pedagogical
problems and curriculum
design of Mozambique, and
from Dewey’s insights propose
a way of improving the new
local curriculum design.
The thesis has utility in the
professional careers because
it contributes to the analyses
and proposal of consistent
and solid curriculum design
that can be sustainable in
the system of education and
guarantee better engagement
of the students and teachers
in the learning process. There
were will be no need of changing
constantly the curriculum
design if cultural anthropology
contents are adopted in the
local curriculum. This will end
the existence of Mozassimilators
students in the curriculum
design.
a) Problem
of investigation
The lack of systematization
between the curriculum design,
the customs, cultural values
and traditions of ubuntu,
brought a separation between
local cultural values of the
people, and the Mozambican
System of Education. And
this was noticed in the early
days of 1920s of the introduction
of colonial era system of
education, (Palege, 2017). Since
1960s and after the colonial
era, Mozambican was forced to
introduce its own system and
curriculum design whose main
purpose was to rehabilitate
the economy and education of
man and women, and oppose
the colonial system, (Samora,
in journal, coleção e orientação,
1973.n.2).
After colonial war (1975) the
system of education adopted
a national policy of education
to guarantee the functioning
of the curriculum design,
and thereafter a new serial of
curriculum for basic level of
teaching and strategic plans
were introduced.
The curriculum introduced
for example in 2002, was the
reformulation of the other
older ones introduced in the
years 1964, 1975, 1983 approved
by law n.º 4/83, of
March 23rd and reformulated
again in 1992 by the law 6/92,
of May 6th, (MINED, 2003).
Unfortunately these curriculum
designs were not
efficient and effective because
of not including local values
and traditions, local languages
and ritual of passages, kinship
and clans, (MINED, 2003).
The Mozambican System of
Education went on introducing
new models, policies
and strategies, forcing the curriculum design to change
constantly, in order to adjust
to the reality. Later on in 2004,
introduced a program named
Plano Curricular do Ensino
Básico, which was modified
recently to Plano Curricular do
Ensino Primário (INDE/MINED,
3rd cycle, 2015).
b) Objectives
The main objective is to
analyze the curriculum design
shift of Mozambique; in order
to accomplish this objective,
specific objectives were underlined
namely: To understand
why so many changes in the
curriculum design; to evaluate
the differences in the various
curriculum designs presented
along the years; to look at the
effectiveness and efficiency of
this curriculum designs changing
along the various years.
The discussion on the
principle of education of
John Dewey, an insight to
Mozambican education ends
with the identification of the
constant shift of the Mozambican
curriculum design; and
this is seen as a major problem
for children not to assimilate
properly the knowledge and
competences necessary in
their education. John Dewey’s
principles of education are referred
as a solution combined
with Yusef Waghid African
Philosophy of Education.
John Dewey’s life and experiences
on education influenced
the field of philosophy
of education and thus defined
as the practicality of our
everyday life experiences. In
his principles, we can only account
for children’s education
through parental guidance in
cooperation with the nuclear
and large families.
A better education requires
democracy founded on
freedom of aims and on the
participation in the decisionmaking
of the contents chosen
by the community for their
infants. These contents locally
selected enable children to
easily integrate. Classroom
must be place where teacher
and students exercise, debates,
dialogue and negotiate.
Mozambique before colonization
had its own traditional
education system based on
communal values, habits
and customs, however with
the colonization, education
turned according to the Portuguese
system, imposing a
curriculum design.
The Portuguese curriculum
design had an aim to educate
natives or indigenous in order
to become civilized.
To overcome this situation,
Mozambican political system
(FRELIMO Party) declared war
against the colonial master,
and along the war in the
conquered areas or liberated
zones (1964–1974), introduced
its own education for their
population.
The curriculum design
applied for their students
was inherited and made
few changes to adapt to the
reality of Mozambican people
namely: to learn history and
geography from Mozambican,
to learn politics of war and
unite for wars. The language
used was Portuguese and not
local language as it used to be
before.
The major problem verified
in this curriculum design, is
that it did not account for the
local language, values, customs,
and traditions, neither
did account in finding what
could be taken democratically
for children education. There
is a paradigm shift from Portuguese
system to Mozambican
system of Education.
After independence up to
2004, Mozambican system did
not collect back the local values
and cultural elements, to
integrated in the curriculum,
instead it continued to develop
the inherited Portuguese
system and other influenced
models of curriculum design
(especially from those international
financial donors).
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Dewey, John. Democracy and Education:
an Introduction to the Philosophy of Education. The Macmillan
Company, New York 1931. | “Experience, Knowledge and Value; A
Rejoinder”. The Philosophy of John Dewey: The Library of Living
Philosophers. Vol.1. North Western University, Press, Evanston
and Chicago, 1939, (517-608). | Instituto de Educação & Ministério
de Educação (INDE/MINED): Planco Curricular do Ensino
Básico, Maputo. 2003-2004 | Programa Curricular do Ensino
Primário, Maputo.2015 | Waghid, Yusef. An African philosophy of
Education reconsidered, on being human, Routledge,2013
The world in which we are
living, in which we see the
differences in the ways of acting
of those who inhabit this
planet and in which we ask
ourselves: who are we? Where
are we going? And more still:
where do they want to take us?
What is the concept that
manifests the thought that we
have just enunciated? That
concept is culture.
Culture through the history
of human thought has had
many definitions:
According to Clyde Kluckhohn
1905-1060, in his work
“Culture: critical review of the
concept and its definitions”
—1952, says that culture is the
form of behavior manifested
and acquired through symbols,
which demonstrate the unique
aspect of a human group.
You have to see Vermeer’s
painting, The girl of the
pearl, also called “The dutch
mona lisa” or Munch’s “The
scream”. These works express
a moment of the work of the
peoples who were the fatherland
of the authors.
Culture also has the meaning
of being immersed in the
work of a human group in
terms of the best that it does; referring to science and behavior
rules.
Culture and civilization for
the Saxon world are different
meanings: culture is tradition;
civilization: the current task of
a society.
In this article we will take
the concept of culture offered
by the United Nations Organization
for Education, Science
and Culture (UNESCO).
“Culture can be considered
as the set of distinctive
features, spiritual and material,
intellectual and emotional
they characterize a society or
a social group. It encompasses,
in addition to arts and letters,
ways of life, fundamental
rights to human beings, value
systems, traditions and beliefs
and that [sic] culture gives
man the ability to reflect about
himself. It is who makes us
specifically human beings,
rational, critical and ethically
committed”. UNESCO. (1982)
World Conference on Cultural
Policies: Mexico.
If culture makes a photograph
of who we are as
human beings, what is happening
nowadays so that
this photograph can be seen, many times, so opaque?
Culture is this or the other
“task” of any human being
without any distinction of the
place of the planet where it
inhabits.
Culture is everything that
represents each human group.
Unfortunately the world in
which we are living today confuses
Culture with economic
power and we see the way in
which some human beings are
treated only because they live
in countries, which according
to the purchasing power
of their inhabitants, are not
considered rich.
“The development of the
industry has been done not on
the soil of the preceding civilization,
but transforming traditional
society upside down,
deporting the peasants in masse to the suburbs, breaking
ties and solidarities under the
monetary relationship, ruining
the millenary cultures…”.
(Morin, 2011, p. 21).
Today we live the devaluation
that is made of this human
being or the other; of this
country or the other because
they are considered poor.
The development of capitalism,
Globalization, tries by
all means to erase cultural
differences to create a world of
needs convenient to marketing.
That is why even aid
programs that help the owners
of capitals have more wealth
are generated.
“The aid hydraulic approach
ignores what I have argued
as the central problem, that is
that large amounts of aid, corrupt
local politics in a way that
makes development more difficult.
You can’t develop from
the outside to the countries of
other towns with a supermarket
list for Home Depot, no
matter how much you spend”.
(Deaton, 2015, p.348).
According Deaton, help, forgetting
the reason for being of
those peoples is not possible;
you have to see, from within,
and that seeing from within is
knowing who they are and respecting
what they are. When
he talks about a list for the
supermarket is to forget what
those human groups are, and
to try to make them according
to our way of thinking.
It is wanted to generate
in those towns necessities
convenient to the market and
treats to those human groups
and their inhabitants like of
lower culture.
“...when I speak of freedom
I mean the freedom to live a
new life and to do the things that make life worth living”.
(Deaton, 2015, p. 18)
The countries of big capitals
are proud to say that they are
model countries of freedom.
Therefore, what we see is
that we need to recognize
others as equals, accepting the
differences in the way of life
they have learned.
All of us must have to respect
for the singular, respect
for the traditions, for the
history of the other peoples,
for the way of seeing life and
giving them what we consider
to be good, always explaining
the reason and waiting for the
acceptance of the others.
Atlantic International University
(AIU) as an international
university has students
and educational and administrative
staff from a lot of
countries around the world.
AIU has been integrated into
validation institutions and
UNESCO.
The university has an
organizational development
model that recognizes and integrates
the different cultures;
the model is “AIU Comprehensive
Culture” which has
been defined by the following
concepts:
1 Andragogic. The adult in
his way of learning.
2 Unique and irrepetible.
No person is equal to
me. I am myself and my
circumstances.
3 Gamification and ludification.
The game also
teaches.
4 Human rights. All human
beings have my rights and
opportunities.
5 Exponential growth.
Look for knowledge
and differentiate it from
information.
6 Multidimensional. Create
the forms of language to
understand the other that is
equal to me even if i live at the
other end of the planet.
7 Multifunctional. Everything
we do brings
its physical and emotional
consequences.
8 Multidisciplinary. Accept
that the world is a whole
even if we learn by disciplines.
9 Multiinteractivo. Always
look for balance in relationships
with others.
10 Multifactorial. Give
opportunity to the
other for integration.
11 Disruptive. Change
for elements that operate
better.
12 Holistic. Every human
being has a concept of
what his happiness is, which
we must respect
13 Asynchronous. Have
the benefit of accommodation
to different aspects
of life.
The above principles are intended
for the members of the
AIU community to integrate
into the University as if it were
in their countries of origin;
as if his fellow students were
those of his community.
The previous principles generate
that the students feel as if
their Advisors were their close
teachers, as if their Tutors were
the administrative assistants
and the teacher's assistants
that they had in their spaces of
existence.
The previous principles make
AIU the home land according
to Morin: here we all fit, here
we are all important and here
we are all worth what we are:
Unique and unrepeatable
human beings!
Worthy of being happy!
Worthy of being
loved!
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Deaton, A. (2015). El Gran Escape. Salud,
riqueza y los orígenes de la desigualdad. México: FCE. | La
agenda mundial - Educación 2030. Retrieved from: http://www.
unesco.org/new/es/santiago/education-2030/ | Los objetivos de
Desarrollo Sostenible. Retrieved from: https://es.unesco.org/sdgs
| Morin, E. (2011). ¿Hacia dónde va el mundo?. España: Paidós. |
UNESCO–HOMEPAGE https://es.unesco.org/ https://es.unesco.org/
about-us/introducing-unesco#
Sometimes the hardest
part of distance learning
is to create a mechanics
that works for you to do your
assignments. We are easily
distracted and find many ways
for procrastination.
Today we are summing up
some of the useful topics that
have been presented in this
section of Campus Mundi.
Pick a place and time.
Whether it’s your bedroom
at night or the library after
work, find a work space and a
regular study time that works
for you and stick with it.
Your work space should be
quiet, comfortable and distraction-
free. It should make you
feel happy and inspired. If you
want to listen to music, pick a
space that lets you do that.
Some people work better
in the morning. Others work
better at night. Just don’t work
much later than your usual
Plan your time. It helps to
have some plans in motion
so you can make the most of
your work time. Set alarms,
use a wall planner, make to-do
lists, set time limits.
Discover your learning style.
Most of us have a preferred
way of learning. Auditory
learners prefer to learn by listening.
Try reading your notes
aloud and discussing them
with other people. You might
like to record key points and
play them back.
Visual learners prefer to
learn by seeing. Try using
colors in your notes and draw
diagrams to help represent
key points. You could try to remember
some ideas as images.
Tactile/kinesthetic learners
prefer to learn by doing. Try
using techniques like roleplaying
or building models to
revise key points.
Review and revise. At least
once a week you should go
back over the things you’ve
done. Thinking things over
can help you to understand
the concepts and help you remember
when you need them
the most.
Take breaks. It's important to
take breaks while you’re doing
your assignments, especially if
you're feeling tired or frustrated.
Working too long on a task
bedtime —pushing yourself
late at night can make you too
tired to perform properly.
Work every day. If you work
a little bit every day, you'll be
continually reviewing things
in your mind. This helps you
understand things. It also
helps you avoid the stress of
last-minute cramming.
If you’re finding it hard to
find time to study, cut back on
some of your other activities.
can actually decrease your
performance.
When you take a break,
make sure you get away
from your desk or table. A
bit of physical —even just a
walk around the block— can
sometimes help you to look at
a problem in a different way
and could even help you to
solve it.
Ask for help. If you’re stuck
on something, or something
just doesn’t seem to make
sense, you can always ask for
help. Talk to your tutor about
the things you don’t understand.
Talk to your friends
and fellow students too.
Stay motivated. When you’re
studying it helps to keep in
mind your reasons for doing
all this hard work, like a job or
a promotion you’re working
towards. It can help to have
something in your study space
to remind you of your goals.
Look after yourself. You’ll
work better if you take care
of yourself. Make sure you
eat well and get enough sleep
and physical exercise. Don’t
reward yourself with too
many sugary or fatty snacks
or push yourself to study late
into the night. It’s also a good
idea to make sure you drink
lots of water when you’re
studying.
Albert Perry carried a secret in his DNA: a Y chromosome so distinctive that it reveals new information about the origin of our species. It shows that the last common male ancestor down the paternal line of our species is over twice as old as we thought. One possible explanation is that hundreds of thousands of years ago, modern and archaic humans in central Africa interbred, adding to known examples of interbreeding –with Neanderthals in the Middle East, and with Denisovans somewhere in southeast Asia. Perry, recently deceased, was an African-American who lived in South Carolina. A few years ago, one of his female relatives submitted a sample of his DNA to a company called Family Tree DNA for genealogical analysis. Geneticists can use such samples to work out how we are related to one another. Hundreds of thousands of people have now had their DNA tested. The data from these tests had shown that all men gained their Y chromosome from a common male ancestor. This genetic “Adam” lived between 60,000 and 140,000 years ago. All men except Perry, that is. When Family Tree DNA’s technicians tried to place Perry on the Y-chromosome family tree, they just couldn’t. His Y chromosome was like no other so far analysed. ... Read Read full text: