Nicole Boivin
@nicoleboivin.bsky.social
Archaeologist | Biologist | Feminist | Max Planck | Hon Prof U Queensland Adjunct Prof Griffith U | Linking Past, Present and Future for a Better Anthropocene | Gender Equity | Research Governance | www.nicole-boivin.com
Interested in the kinds of information archaeologists can gain from metabolic profiling? Check out this wonderful new book and our chapter on the ancient oasis of Tayma. This work builds on our 2022 paper on reconstructing ancient scents in Nature Human Behaviour: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is now published! Great pleasure to work with @stewiestewart.bsky.social, @huwgroucutt.bsky.social, @carlipeters.bsky.social and the rest of the team!
Nicole Boivin@nicoleboivin.bsky.social · 11mo agoA sneak peak of our forthcoming article! Led by Mathew Stewart and @huwgroucutt.bsky.social. www.frontiersin.org/journals/mam...
Australia in the Anthropocene: Linking Past, Present and Future. Wonderful project workshop yesterday exploring the diverse methods our students and ECRs are using to examine how Australia's ecosystems have been shaped by people over the long-term and why it matters today.
Science-Informed Policy Action Key to Biodiversity Conservation www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/scie... @ipbes.net @cicirussell.bsky.social #ForNature
Science-Informed Policy Action Key to Biodiversity Conservation
Dr. Luthando Dziba, Executive Secretary of IPBES, believes that we can address the crisis of biodiversity loss through science-based policy.
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"In this excerpt from "Born: A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians treated issues of "the womb," how men reacted to periods, and how the first known pregnancy test actually worked." 🏺🧪
'The papyrus also recommends putting a clove of garlic in your vagina before bed': The texts that reveal the baffling healthcare for women in ancient Egypt
In this excerpt from "Born: A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians treated issues of "the womb," how men reacted ...
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New discovery! Here @mariaguagnin.bsky.social and our team report on 12,000-year-old life-size camel rock art engravings in the Saudi desert. #GreenArabia @griffith.edu.au www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A sneak peak of our forthcoming article! Led by Mathew Stewart and @huwgroucutt.bsky.social. www.frontiersin.org/journals/mam...
Frontiers | The state of the late Quaternary megafauna extinction debate: a systematic review and analysis
With its origins in the late 18th and early 19th century, the question of what drove the extinction of the late Quaternary megafauna extinctions remains one ...
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Trump's very first example of the Smithsonian's "corrosive ideology" was an exhibit that correctly stated "Race is a human invention." How is scientific consensus (that biological races don't exist in humans) corrosive? We are asking scientists to co-sign our statement: forms.gle/kqKQF9CZ3jPB...
Scientific Consensus - Humans do not have biological races
The below statement was constructed as a draft which eventually led us to publish this article in Science Letters: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady2266. After writing the statement belo...
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Rebecca Sear@rebeccasear.bsky.social · last yr.“The administration’s attempts to resuscitate scientifically disproven schemes serve a political agenda. Scientific racism has been associated with US social institutions since the country’s founding. Those who have detailed the dynamics of this ideology are not the ones distorting the truth”
New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #openaccess✅
Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core
Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology
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In a warming India, cases of chronic kidney disease are on the rise among otherwise healthy people. The disease is particularly prevalent in outdoor workers who lack access to water, shade, or rest.
Heat Stress Is a Major Driver of India’s Kidney Disease Epidemic
Cases of chronic kidney disease unrelated to pre-existing conditions are on the rise in India and other tropical nations. As climate change raises temperatures and humidity, the disease is increasingl...
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On the day Rubio inaugurated an archaeological “tunnel burrowed under a Palestinian district, along a Roman-era street” in an “archaeological park established by an Israeli settler organisation… Israeli planes bombed the most important storage depot of ancient artefacts in Gaza City”
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 11mo ago‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology for political ends
“Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity.” Actually I’m not even sure they’re doing that, though many are indeed trying. share.google/XNaLs2bBjdMG...
Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending
Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.
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"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
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“… and his wife Sally”: The Binford Legacy and Uncredited Work in Archaeology. 🧪 🏺
Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association | AAA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Often mentioned as an afterthought in sentences about her more (in)famous husband, Sally R. Binford has long been a focus of feminist archaeological discussion. She helped create the ‘New Archaeology....
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It seems like it’s dangerous for scientists to speak out against Colossal’s “de extinction research”. www.newscientist.com/article/2490...
Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign
Several researchers who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences’ plans to revive extinct animals say they have been targeted by online articles trying to discredit them
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Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #languagebarriers
Join online next Thursday! Engaging Human Aspirations to Motivate Progress Towards a World Where People and Nature Thrive Together 🌍🌐 www.uni-giessen.de/de/fbz/plane...
“Historically, no one lived past age 35” "I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
There Were Still Old People When Life Expectancy Was 35.
A demography myth that won't die
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#HeritageHighlights 🎤Today, South Asian Women in the Field (SAWIF) recorded their first #podcast in the series. In conversation with Prof Rajani we discussed the changing field of remote sensing #archaeology and what its like for women in this field. Stay tuned for the release!
A great line up for our session on the dangers of practicing archaeology "while female" at WAC-10 in Darwin! Note that students can attend virtually for FREE! Runs 22-28 June. For more information and to sign up: worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/
If you think climate change has gotten worse during your lifetime, you're right and there's a good reason. If you're Gen X like me, more than 3/4 of fossil fuel CO₂ emissions have occurred in your lifetime. Even if you're a Millennial, it's at least half. 📊: @neilrkaye.bsky.social
This Thursday at 5.30pm BST I'm giving an ARFA seminar via Zoom about my recent research into the misuse of archaeological ideas by the far right. Free, online and hopefully with some good discussion
Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation@a-rfa.bsky.social · last yr.We're excited to announce our inaugural seminar. @lornarichardson.bsky.social presents a thematic analysis of the BNP’s 'Identity' magazine, interpreting the far-right misuse of archaeological science and narratives of indigeneity. Details and registration at archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/events/.
The failure of the National Academy of Sciences USA to make a clear and unequivocal statement about the disastrous Trump administration science policies — it lets all of us down and dooms them to eventual irrelevance.
US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war
Facing an extreme budget, the National Academies hosted an event that ignored it.
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Happy birthday Beatrice de Cardi, born #OnThisDay in AD 1914 🏺 A true #Trowelblazer, she helped lay the foundations of British archaeology and kept doing fieldwork until she was 93! She wrote a retrospective of her fieldwork in Antiquity in 2008 (£) doi.org/10.1017/S000...
New paper out! Not sure why it comes associated with this photo from Africa but the markers are still useful for anyone applying ZooMS in Australia!! 😊
Carli Peters@carlipeters.bsky.social · last yr.Our latest paper is out now in Frontiers in Mammal Science: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mam... We characterized ZooMS peptide markers for three extinct Australian megafauna species 🦴🧪
Help save SAPIENS magazine! The Wenner-Gren Foundation, our funder, may decide to close the magazine in the coming weeks. But the Board of Trustees hasn't made its final decision. A letter from you could help! Sign here: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
Support Needed for SAPIENS Magazine and its Staff Union!
We, SAPIENS staff, write to our supporters with an urgent request for support. We were informed this week that our funder, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, may choose to close SAPIENS Anthropology Magazine...
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A fantastic opportunity to support participation of early career female scholars from low exchange rate countries at the World Archaeological Congress in Darwin! It's easy to do and every donation helps to support greater equity in our discipline. worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/studen...
The @upshot.nytimes.com has put together a vivid illustration of how the Trump administration has hollowed out American science. Gift link: nyti.ms/4kBTVql
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article)
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
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