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SpringerAnthro brings you news from Springer in Anthropology and Archaeology as well as tweets from others that you might find interesting (and quirky).

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Making mental health chatbots more culturally sensitive won’t necessarily make them safer theconversation.com/making-m…

Making mental health chatbots more culturally sensitive won’t necessarily make them safer

Canadians are turning to AI mental health chatbots for support. But what if the bot agrees with the beliefs that are keeping you unwell?

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Koenfucius 🔍@koenfuciusSep 17
Humour <huh!> what is it good for!? Well research by @marchk identifies four common comic themes across hunter-gatherer communities, suggesting it represents a response to benign violation of norms, evolved to signal and reinforce mutual trust: buff.ly/MpxPfUb
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Fascinating write-up of how soy has become part of our daily lives even if we don't eat tofu! popsci.com/environment/how-s…

How soybeans took over the American diet – without anyone noticing

Henry Ford dreamed of erasing the boundary between farm and factory.

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Unexpected Amazon hotspot: Central north faces fastest rise in extreme heat and water stress phys.org/news/2026-09-unexpe… via @physorg_com

Unexpected Amazon hotspot: Central north faces fastest rise in extreme heat and water stress

The central north Amazon, with extensive areas of high forest cover, natural savannas and vast, important Indigenous territories, was not previously considered the area most affected by climate...

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Peter R. Coutros@petecoutAug 23
Another great review of our book 'An Archaeology of the Bantu Expansion'! This time in African Archaeological Review. #archaeology #africanarchaeology link.springer.com/article/10…
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Manuel Will@MW_homininAug 3
Our new open-access article may be of interest to those studying technological complexity in archaeology and human evolution. It gives a historical perspective & introduces heterarchy as a 'new' perspective under which this phenomenon may be studied: link.springer.com/article/10…

Blowing Leaves in Archaeology—The Multidimensionality of Technological Complexity in Human Origins...

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory - Technological complexity has been a continuous trope in archaeological research from its beginnings in the nineteenth century. Based on a concept of...

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In 2023, searchers found Australia’s worst maritime disaster four kilometres down: the Montevideo Maru, sunk in 1942 with more than 1,000 prisoners and civilians aboard, after 81 years lost timesofindia.indiatimes.com/… via @timesofindia

In 2023, searchers found Australia’s worst maritime disaster four kilometres down: the Montevideo...

For 81 years, the final resting place of the Montevideo Maru remained unknown. The Japanese merchant ship sank on July 1, 1942, after being torpedoed by the American submarine USS Sturgeon off the...

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Chris Stringer
@ChrisStringer65Jul 12
Exploring Uluzzian Lithic Technology at Klissoura Cave 1, Greece link.springer.com/article/10…

Exploring Uluzzian Lithic Technology at Klissoura Cave 1, Greece

Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology - The Uluzzian technocomplex (ca. 43,000–39,000 years BP) marks one of the earliest dispersals of Homo sapiens into Europe and the onset of the Upper...

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Springer Nature
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Last month, Simone Culurgioni attended WCRI 2026 in Vancouver, joining colleagues from across the research integrity community to step back and reflect on how research integrity is evolving. In this Springboard blog, he shares his thoughts: spklr.io/6011EO96D
WHAT'S CHANGING IN AI & RESEARCH INTEGRITY - REFLECTIONS FROM WCRI 2026. Written by Simone Culurgioni, Team Lead, Research Integrity, Prevention. Springer Nature logo. Abstract background of blue light streams & dots from a bright central point.

ALT WHAT'S CHANGING IN AI & RESEARCH INTEGRITY - REFLECTIONS FROM WCRI 2026. Written by Simone Culurgioni, Team Lead, Research Integrity, Prevention. Springer Nature logo. Abstract background of blue light streams & dots from a bright central point.

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One Of The World’s First Cities Became More Prosperous Without Making The Rich Richer zmescience.com/science/news-…

One Of The World’s First Cities Became More Prosperous Without Making The Rich Richer

Archaeologists found an ancient city where inequality actually went down as it grew richer.

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"Applying a handheld structured-light scanner, we recorded the vessels’ interior surfaces [of Pompeian tabernae] with high precision and produced complete 3D models of these counter-embedded vessels." #RomanSiteSaturday #Pompeii link.springer.com/article/10…
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We found hundreds of huge ancient mass graves hidden in the Sahara desert theconversation.com/we-found… via @ConversationEDU

We found hundreds of huge ancient mass graves hidden in the Sahara desert

The circular mass graves were filled with the bones of people and animals, often carefully arranged around a key person at the centre.

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What women’s work songs reveal about the changing climate theconversation.com/what-wom… via @ConversationUK

What women’s work songs reveal about the changing climate

Long before climate science named the crisis, women across the world were registering these shifts in another language – through song.

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Tracing the Legacy of West Africa’s Prehistoric Metalworkers scienmag.com/tracing-the-leg…

Tracing the Legacy of West Africa’s Prehistoric Metalworkers

In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery that sheds fresh light on the technological history of sub-Saharan Africa, researchers have unearthed a remarkably well-preserved iron smelting workshop...

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Submissions are now open for this year's Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry Early Career Award! The award recognizes the most outstanding manuscript submitted to Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry by an early career scholar. Deadline is April 15th, 2026. link.springer.com/journal/11…
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Ancient Mesopotamian Pottery Shows That People Understood Symmetry and Division 4,000 years before...

Long before humans learned to write numbers or invented writing, they were already thinking mathematically.

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Mapping cemeteries for class: How students used phones and drones to help a city count its headstones phys.org/news/2026-02-cemete… via @physorg_com

Mapping cemeteries for class: How students used phones and drones to help a city count its headst...

If you told me a decade ago that I'd become an expert in mapping cemeteries, I would've laughed and been very confused about the dramatic turn my professional life must've taken at some point.

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Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their knowledge theconversation.com/aerial-l… via @ConversationUS

Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their...

Aerial lidar raises ethical questions because it can collect data remotely without the knowledge or consent of Indigenous and descendant populations that are on the ground.

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Ancient Egyptians Reused Coffins: New Insights Uncovered scienmag.com/ancient-egyptia…

Ancient Egyptians Reused Coffins: New Insights Uncovered

In a groundbreaking exploration of ancient Egyptian funerary practices, the latest research conducted by esteemed scholars M. Vandenbeusch and Kara Cooney sheds light on the fascinating phenomenon of...

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Revealing Pre-European Glass Beads: Insights from Iron Age Africa scienmag.com/revealing-pre-e…

Revealing Pre-European Glass Beads: Insights from Iron Age Africa

In a groundbreaking study set to reshape our understanding of Iron Age trade and cultural connections in Southern Africa, researchers have presented new insights into the geochemistry and circulation...

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