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Nigerian troops repel coordinated Islamist attacks in Borno, military says Nigerian troops have repelled simultaneous assaults by Islamist militants on two military bases in Borno state, leaving an unspecified number of soldiers dead, the army said on Monday, in some of the fiercest clashes reported in the northeast this year.

Nigerian troops repel coordinated Islamist attacks in Borno, military says reut.rs/4rhpjhp

Lasting Lower Rhine–Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion - Nature A distinctive population with high hunter-gatherer ancestry persisted 3,000 years later than in most European regions, contributing to later Lower Rhine–Meuse Bell Beaker users.

Nature research paper: Lasting Lower Rhine–Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion

go.nature.com/4qrzoqP

In einer simplen Grafik kann man die Klimafolgen von Treibhausgasen zeigen. Negieren ist das Schlimmste was wir machen können:

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Building community Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and life 12,000 years ago

There's a great new archaeological exhibition at #Berlin​'s James-Simon-Gallery just opened, showing our finds from #GöbekliTepe and other #TasTepeler sites never before seen outside Urfa officially opened tonight - and it's spectacularly well worth the visit:

www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio...

Silver Beyond Empire @ Sidestone Press Power and prestige in Europe during the first millennium AD were predominantly expressed in two portable materials: silver and gold. These precious metals underpinned the emergence of early Medieval k...

Out now #openaccess 🔓
"Silver Beyond Empire", ed. by Alice E. Blackwell, Fraser Hunter, Martin Goldberg & our colleague Andreas Rau, explores how silver shaped power and prestige from late Rome to early medieval Europe—featuring new research and key UK hoards.

doi.org/10.59641/k1n...
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The Original Affluent Society? Lessons from 60-Years of "Man the Hunter" Research To mark the 60th anniversary of the 1966 'Man the Hunter' symposium, On Humans is proud to publish the first-ever podcast interview with Richard B. Lee.

A new podcast interview by @ilarimakela.bsky.social with Richard B. Lee about Man the Hunter! Should be fascinating.

onhumans.substack.com/p/the-origin...

Remains of buildings with curvilinear walls and interior pillars.

NEW Excavation at Pre-Pottery Neolithic (c. 8800–7500 BC) Gre Fılla, in the Upper Tigris region of modern Türkiye, finds architectural diversity and evolution over time, reflecting the development of social complexity in prehistoric Western Asia.

(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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2 days from now:

@rschulting.bsky.social at @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Use the QR-code to get all the necessary information, also for online link. Lecture will be in English!

A litte more than one week until Rick @rschulting.bsky.social will perform at @leizarchaeology.bsky.social !
BTW lecture is on Dirty Thursday! 💥🥳🍻
So do prepare for some raw Mainz ethnology!

A winter day at @leizarchaeology.bsky.social

Social dynamics in past societies Archeology provides ample data on social dynamics from diverse sources and across a wide range of societal contexts. Moreover, archeology does provide…

Published off the beaten #archaeology path:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...

Bending the curve of agricultural expansion offers a new era for biodiversity and climate Abstract. A defining feature of humanity through the Holocene has been our inexorable expansion of agriculture. This increased the supply of provisioning s

And a glimpse into the past and possible futures of agriculture:

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The biosphere in the Anthropocene Abstract. Earth’s biosphere is in a period of rapid change, resulting from anthropogenic pressures such as climate change, habitat loss and species translo

Excellent overview on the current debate ☝️👍:

royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

Counting down...2 weeks from today!

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The QR-code provides the link to all further information, incl. online link.

Ten years after: The AC is back!

"Badesalz"-Comedian Gerd Knebel ist tot Er starb nach einer Krebserkrankung im Alter von 72 Jahren im Kreise seiner Familie.

"Badesalz"-Comedian Gerd Knebel ist tot #Komiker #Tod #Krebs

Kuznets at -7000: Is there a really long-term relationship between growth and inequality? We use archaeological data on house sizes to generate estimates for economic inequality and economic growth from the Early Holocene to about the first…

Growth and Inequality in pre-state to early state societies. Good read!!! 👍📈
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Don’t miss the #lecture by Rick Schulting on 12 February at LEIZA.

www.leiza.de/kalender/det...
#archaeology

Safe the date!
Evening lecture on 12 February 2026 by Rick Schulting @leizarchaeology.bsky.social
on an all too timely topic...

Ein Mechanismus, der sich auch in der Vergangenheit abspielte. Man muss nur die Definitionen etwas anpassen (Demokratie, Extremismus). Übrigens für die Vergangenheit auch vielfach beschrieben...

Not quite so new, as claimed, I am afraid. Lithics have been examined before and show considerable ML influence. And usually LBK enclosures indicate conflicts amongst farming communities. Lot's to learn still, about these early farmers...😜

A flat, circular piece of black obsidian, with a protrusion extending from the top with a hole in it, likely as a means to hang the mirror. Viewed from both sides.

Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England #OnThisDay in AD 1559. Did you know she had her very own court astrologer, who used an obsidian mirror for occult experiments!

The mirror is Aztec in origin, brought to Europe after the Spanish conquest.

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The global warming trend continued in 2025. Each of the past 11 years (2015–2025) has been among the 11 warmest on record. Explore more data from #CopernicusClimate in the Global Climate Highlights 2025. #GCH2025

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- 1 day until we release the Global Climate Highlights 2025. Get ready to explore critical data on last year's global and regional temperatures, sea ice extent and more.

#CopernicusClimate #CopernicusAtmosphere #GCH2025

I was always impressed by his sense of entrepreneurship and qualities as an entertainer, much less so by the content, obviously. But clearly, #archaeology fake facts did have and do have a market!

A systems reset for sustainable development - Communications Sustainability An alternative concept of sustainable development, based on the two-way flow of contributions between nature, the economy and social systems, provides a theoretical foundation for an inclusive and div...

Even though past societies are not treated, non-state economies and alleged sustainability are used in the argument (notably Fig 2). So have a look:

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Competition for heritable wealth, not cultural group selection, drives the evolution of monogamy | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Why academics should do more consulting — and how to make it work Encouraging academics to act as advisers to outside organizations is the most effective way to serve society’s needs.

A field also for applied #archaeology ☝️

Why academics should do more consulting — and how to make it work www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"Epochenbruch"

The global arms race continues, replicating once again that old, old pattern...📈