Learn about why children develop racial prejudice unless their parents teach them otherwise; why archaeologists studying Stonehenge may have found the largest prehistoric structure in all of Europe; and why cats have vertical pupils.

Children will develop racial prejudice unless their parents teach them otherwise by Kelsey Donk

• What white parents get wrong about raising antiracist kids — and how to get it right. (2020, June 25). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/06/25/what-white-parents-get-wrong-about-raising-antiracist-kids-how-get-it-right/
• Kelly, D. J., Quinn, P. C., Slater, A. M., Lee, K., Gibson, A., Smith, M., Ge, L., & Pascalis, O. (2005). Three-month-olds, but not newborns, prefer own-race faces. Developmental Science, 8(6), F31–F36. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2005.0434a.x
• Katz, P. A. (2003). Racists or Tolerant Multiculturalists? How Do They Begin? American Psychologist, 58(11), 897–909. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.58.11.897b

Archaeologists discover a huge ring of deep pits near Stonehenge by Grant Currin

• University of Bradford. (2020, June 22). “Astonishing discovery” near Stonehenge led by University of Bradford archaeologists offers new insight into Neolithic ancestors. discovery-near-stonehenge-led-by-university-of-bradford-archaeologists-offers-new-insight-into-neolithic-ancestors.php">https://www.bradford.ac.uk/news/archive/2020/astonishing-discovery-near-stonehenge-led-by-university-of-bradford-archaeologists-offers-new-insight-into-neolithic-ancestors.php
• Machemer, T. (2020, June 24). Archaeologists Discover Enormous Ring of Ancient Pits Near Stonehenge. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ring-neolithic-pits-discovered-stonehenge-landscape-180975164/
• Neolithic Site Near Stonehenge Yields an ‘Astonishing Discovery.’ (2020, June 22). The New York Times. trenches-durrington-walls.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/world/europe/stonehenge-trenches-durrington-walls.html
• Immense Neolithic Ring Discovered Near Stonehenge. (2020, June 23). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/23/881970286/immense-neolithic-ring-discovered-near-stonehenge

Why does my cat have vertical pupils? by Cameron Duke

• Pappas, S. (2015, August 7). Why Cats Have Vertical Pupils. Livescience.Com; Live Science. why-cats-have-vertical-pupils.html">https://www.livescience.com/51787-why-cats-have-vertical-pupils.html
• Banks, M. S., Sprague, W. W., Schmoll, J., Parnell, J. A. Q., & Love, G. D. (2015). Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes? Science Advances, 1(7), e1500391. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500391
• Ghose, T. (2013, October 16). Feline Vision: How Cats See the World. Livescience.com; Live Science. what-do-cats-see.html">https://www.livescience.com/40459-what-do-cats-see.html
• Ghose, T. (2013, October 16). Images: See the World from a Cat’s Eyes. Livescience.Com; Live Science. images-cat-versus-human-vision.html">https://www.livescience.com/40460-images-cat-versus-human-vision.html

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