by Archaeologists Against Apartheid The European Association of Archaeologists’ annual conference will take place between 26–29 August 2026 in Athens. Despite our call for boycott, as well as…

Universities now have more adjuncts than tenured and tenure-track professors combined. The conditions are unsustainable—for professors and students alike.

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Il Governo vuole stravolgere le regole sulla caccia: più mesi per sparare, aumento delle specie cacciabili, meno aree protette, fucili anche in spiaggia e nei boschi, migliaia di uccelli catturati rin...

The crisis at the London university shows how marketisation has pushed UK higher education to the brink.

In the last decade, the use of neural networks has accelerated the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems into archaeology. These systems…

Issue 6 2026

Kinship can be difficult to discern in the archaeological record, but the study of ancient DNA offers a useful window into one form of kinship: biological relatedness. Here, the authors explore possible kin connections at the post-Roman site of Worth Matravers in south-west England.

Chimpanzees, New Caledonian crows – and now cows. The list of animals that use tools grew a little longer this week,...

The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the Erasmus Prize 2025 to the American philosopher and historian of science Donna Haraway. The theme of this year’s prize is “the pursuit of what binds u...

Co-BreeD is the first updatable and open-source database dedicated to cooperative breeding. It enables continuous, non-binary measurement of cooperative breeding, transforming how we study breeding s...

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

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Recent events during the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists* have generated profound discontent and distrust toward the current Executive Board among members of the associati...

The BBC’s political satire “The Thick of It” coined a term for a self inflicted public relations disaster, which only gets worse, an Omnishambles. Now the leading representative o…

Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoi…

Intimidation Tactics Force Archaeological Association to Abandon Gaza Solidarity Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoi…

Britta Marakatt-Labba’s embroidered stories depict Sámi life and everyday experiences, but also tell of state oppression and nature under threat from exploitation. In the exhibition “Where Each Stitch...

“The hunger I’m experiencing now is not what I imagined. It’s not what you imagine, dear reader. It’s not just an empty feeling in your stomach. It’s a numbness that s…

Recent advances in archaeogenomics have granted access to previously unavailable biological information with the potential to further our understanding of past social dynamics at a range of scales. Ho...

Combining 131 paleogenomes with bioarchaeological and archaeological data, we studied social organization and gendered practices in Çatalhöyük East Mound (7100 to 5950 BCE), a major Neolithic settleme...

Traditionally, lithic artefacts have served as the principal proxy for the definition of archaeological cultures in the Upper Paleolithic. However, the culture-historical framework in use, constructed...

The war in Gaza has devastated the region’s higher education infrastructure. Several universities have been damaged or destroyed, forcing students to continue their studies online under extremely diff...

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The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberish, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Fascism doesn’t just appear. It must be invited in—and the bipartisan repression of the anti-genocide movement did just that.

The Congo Basin's hunter-gatherer people have the secret to living well with the forest.

Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

Our entire project started with a cup of tea. Through storytelling, our coauthors share how braiding methodologies from Indigenous ways of knowing and social sciences helped us gather knowledge to inform inclusive research and polar bear management strategies.

There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on the liberal law firms that he also...

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