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Dr Rachel Scott
@recoverreturn.bsky.social
Forensic Anthropologist and Archaeologist passionate about recovery, identification, and repatriation of the dead. Also a big fan of 🐕 and 🏒
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🎙️ This week on the SAPIENS podcast: As the influx of processed foods threatens traditional diets in rural Mexico, an intergenerational community is forming to keep people healthy.

🎧 Listen now: www.sapiens.org/culture/milp...
May 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Pepsi has withdrawn from sponsorship of ‘gay pride’ events, no explanation…

You know what to do. 😎🌈✨

#BoycottPepsi
May 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"It has been reported that one of the drug’s many ingredients is human bones and that security has been tightened in graveyards in Sierra Leone to stop people digging up skeletons."
British woman accused of smuggling deadly drug made from human bones
Charlotte May Lee claims narcotics were planted without her knowledge
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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PERSPECTIVE: As UK working class academics, Arbuckle et al. discuss the under-recognised challenges resulting from low #socioeconomic status backgrounds in #academia - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #EDI #DEI
Low socioeconomic status is an under‐recognised source of challenges in academia
The iconic ‘class sketch’ from the 1960s satirical series ‘The Frost Report’ illustrates the longstanding and deep cultural importance of social class in the UK. In this perspective, a diverse author...
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 65 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo* of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

*as a teen, sewing
May 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Three skulls from Japan that were given to Edinburgh Univ in 1913 have been returned to the indigenous community where they originated.

The remains of the Ainu people - donated by Scottish anthropologist Dr Neil Gordon Munro - were held in the univ's anatomy museum. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Edinburgh University returns indigenous Ainu skulls to Japan
Three skulls donated to the university by a Scottish doctor in 1913 have been returned to Hokkaido.
www.bbc.com
May 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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BBC News - Edinburgh University returns indigenous skulls to Japan
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Edinburgh University returns indigenous Ainu skulls to Japan
Three skulls donated to the university by a Scottish doctor in 1913 have been returned to Hokkaido.
www.bbc.com
May 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Two Fully-Funded PhD positions at Auckland Uni!

Come help us understand the past and future of global cultural and linguistic diversity.

#linguistics #evolution #academia #phd

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸
April 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Just posted this an hour ago and already need to update it.

Netherlands has joined Ireland, Finland, Denmark, UK, Germany, and Canada in issuing a U.S. travel warning. Belgium is about to.

The warning is for “LGBTQ+ citizens and all people traveling to the U.S.”

www.newsweek.com/netherlands-...
March 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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**SAVE THE DATE - 2025 CONFERENCE! **

We are thrilled to announce that our 2025 Conference will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, from 10-12 December!

More information will be available on our website soon: www.australasianhumanbiology.com/
March 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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This is going to kill the US tourist industry.
"Civil rights advocates now suggest that visitors into the US, especially people who are not citizens, bring information to call an immigration lawyer or emergency contact if they encounter problems." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Here’s what you need to know about your rights when entering the US
Trump’s hardline immigration policy is sweeping up even visa and green card holders into detention centers
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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It's definitely time to boycott trips to the US. The increasing number of these stories is dystopian, to say the least

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Members of British punk rock band UK Subs denied entry into the US
Three members of the pioneering band were detained and returned to the UK after flying to Los Angeles for a gig
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Here’s a cheerful brass skeleton for a Wednesday…

(Rotherham Minster)
March 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Literally whitewashing history.

The Civil War was peak wokeness.

washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
March 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Me: posts about unethical curation of murder victim at university

Professors: You can't post that! Outrageous.

Time passes....

Professors: Look at our amazing publication on unethical curation of human remains. Amazing!

🙄
March 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Postdoctoral Position in Human Osteology and Isotopic Analyses at the Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (Urbnet)
University of Aarhus - The Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV599/p...
Postdoctoral Position in Human Osteology and Isotopic Analyses at the Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (Urbnet) at University of Aarhus
Discover Postdoctoral Position in Human Osteology and Isotopic Analyses at the Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (Urbnet) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details o...
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Kidnapping students for thought crimes is not something democracies do. zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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The National Park Service just took down Marsha P. Johnson's page.

www.nps.gov/people/marsh...
February 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Looking for a grad student in biological anthropology to interview in 2025. Is that you? Do you know the perfect person? DM me :)

#biologicalanthropology #gradschool #bioanth #gradstudent #AABA
February 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Have/nearly have a PhD?
≤7 years post-doc experience?
Working outside UK?
Not a UK citizen?

BA & Royal Society offering 2-yr Fellowships for early career researchers to come to the UK!
💷 Includes:
Research expenses £12k
Relocation up to £8k
🗓️ Deadline: Mar 18, 2025 (17:00 GMT)
#ResearchFunding
International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Interviews are funny things. They're so short but could change your whole life.
February 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM