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Agent of Chaos
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Archaeologist/anthropologist, SFF nerd. Lawful good, veering chaotic neutral later. Snowflake libtard.
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Salary £54,931-£64,644. UCL Institute of Archaeology.
February 16, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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We're hiring at Birkbeck!

Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics, full-time and open-ended. Closing date March 18th.

Details here: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
February 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Fell for it
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February 15, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox
February 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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February 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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February 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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mods on vacation. time to deep fry a turkey inside the house
Note: The social media person is taking a planned vacation next week. Recalls will go out on Thursday as is the custom but subscribe for recall emails so you don't miss them. The social media person will be *absolutely unreachable* and any content you see from our accounts will be pre-scheduled.
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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A child sits and reads a book inside the shattered shell of her home, surrounded by rubble and the hanging laundry.
February 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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🚨 We have heard that the County Archaeologist for Hampshire is being made redundant, with no plans to replace him. 🚨
If you live in Hampshire please write to your MP and Councillors.
If you live elsewhere treasure and support your County Archaeologists, and stand by to protect them. 🏺
February 13, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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🧪 🦣Thinking about ancient population sizes and noting in passing that the extreme small effective pop size seen in Altai #Neanderthals of <100 , even as low as 60, is echoed in Sicilian Epigravettian population (estimate of 70 based on ROH).

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers - Nature
Combined analysis of new genomic data from 116 ancient hunter-gatherer individuals together with previously published data provides insights into the genetic structure and demographic shifts of west&n...
www.nature.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Neanderthals & Mesolithic foragers reshaped Europe’s ecology long before agriculture… 🌍 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
On the ecological impact of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in Europe: Early Holocene (Mesolithic) and Last Interglacial (Neanderthal) foragers compared
Recent studies have highlighted evidence of human impact on landscapes dating back to the Late Pleistocene–long before the advent of agriculture. Quantifying the extent of vegetation transformations b...
doi.org
February 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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The Connected Past will be held in Toronto from Sept. 22-25. The organizing committee invites scholars to submit abstracts for papers or a poster session that explore network science and theory within archaeology and historical fields. See further topics on poster. Abstract deadline is March 15.
February 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Important THREAD
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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🧪🏺 Update - authors have new paper showing how useless gen- #AI is for archaeological illustration.
All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts.

JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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February 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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February 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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#DarwinDay

There's some confusion and misunderstandings about evolution...

One thing that seems to trip up people's thinking is the meaning of the word "theory". As in it's only a theory...
So let's start by making this word clear.

The "Theory" of Evolution 🧪
www.linkedin.com/pulse/theory...
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Academic freedom in EU ‘strong but eroding’, latest European Parliament monitoring study finds

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
February 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM