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WASHINGTON — Long before the advent of digital push notifications, glowing smartphone screens, and standardized solar calendars, humanity’s primary celestial timekeeper hung silently in the night sky. For millennia, Indigenous peoples across North America looked up at the full moon not merely as a passive astronomical body, but as a dynamic, living calendar. By tracking…

By Global Science & Culture Desk For millennia, long before the digital glow of smartphones or the rigid structures of modern wall calendars dictated the passage of time, humans looked upward to find meaning in the lunar cycle. Across North America, Indigenous peoples relied on the moon’s predictable phases interwoven with subtle, shifting environmental cues…

WASHINGTON — Long before the advent of synchronized digital calendars, push notifications, and glowing smartphone screens, humanity’s primary timekeeper hung quietly in the night sky. For millennia, Indigenous peoples across North America looked upward, treating the lunar cycle not merely as an astronomical curiosity, but as an essential, living ecological clock. By tracking the phases…