Marc Kissel
@marckissel.bsky.social
co-creator of 2 amazing daughters, paleoanthropologist, Assistant professor at AppState in Boone, NC!
www.nature.com/articles/d41... "We can almost look through the eyes of the Aurignacian people and see how they viewed the environment around them,” says Amy Clark, a palaeolithic archaeologist at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts."
40,000-year-old bird carvings provide clues to how ice age humans flourished
Newly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe.
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" Our findings suggest shared behaviors between Neanderthals and modern humans that extended beyond subsistence to include nonutilitarian behaviors within the specific geographic and temporal context studied here." www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Long-term cultural continuity across the Neanderthal–modern human sequence at Üçağızlı II Cave, northern Levant | PNAS
We present evidence from Üçağızlı II Cave in the northern Levant, Türkiye, documenting the sequential occupation by Neanderthals (Homo neanderthale...
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This is so incredibly cruel and gratuitous bsky.app/profile/jayw...
Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · last mo.Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion in the trans sports ban case in West Virginia contains some of the ugliest transphobic stuff I have ever seen in a legal opinion. Straight-up gleeful. Vile man. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![2 WEST VIRGINIA v. B. P. J.
THOMAS, J., concurring
judgment). Because “gender dysphoria” is a mutable men-
tal state that is the object of psychiatric treatment, it does
not resemble the immutable characteristics on the basis of
which our precedents have applied heightened scrutiny—
race, sex, or national origin. Instead, gender dysphoria re-
sembles other characteristics on the basis of which legisla-
tures may classify with a merely rational basis. See, e.g.,
Heller v. Doe, 509 U. S. 312, 321 (1993) (mental illness);
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U. S. 202, 220 (1982) (immigration sta-
tus). Legislatures have many obvious rational bases to
keep men who believe that they are women out of teams
and private spaces reserved for women.
Second, as the Court recognizes, this case concerns “bio-
logical men” and “boys who identify as girls.” Ante, at 10,
27. Men and boys with gender dysphoria are not women or
girls, even if they believe that they are. Sex is an immuta-
ble “biological” characteristic, see ante, at 10; it is binary;
and “man” and “woman,” “boy” and “girl,” are the terms that
correspond to adults and children of each sex. See A. Byrne,
Are Women Adult Human Females? 177 Philosophical
Studies 3783, 3786–3787 (2020). To use language to ob-
scure reality—to show “indifference regarding the truth”—
is to lie to the public and cease to treat our fellow citizens
“as equal[s].” J. Pieper, Abuse of Language—Abuse of
Power 17, 21 (1992).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bpna2qi2e44fafbhhtqjak3x/bafkreibwsxtosqddkiskx5oxonnai4ha7ygixfcqmnbsxb27z3q43jh4iu)
The dissenters in Watson would've overturned laws in about 30 states that allow the counting of late-arriving ballots mailed by Election Day, including many from voters who are stationed at military bases overseas. We came one vote away from that catastrophe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
This is true! Also the actual bit I use is something like "...and then the ice sheets retreated from north America letting people explore the area". But the 14 yr old said I need new material so maybe I should make it about homo naledi (and since maybe the costal migration model works better).
So my husband likes to do this goofy thing where when someone comes into a room he will abruptly change the conversation. 1/x
So cool to see this research out! Very interesting to think about what it means... www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Proteomic analysis of dental enamel from 20 Homo naledi individuals shows no male markers
The morphological homogeneity of the middle Pleistocene hominin Homo naledi is reflected in its dental proteome, with no evidence supporting confident identification of male individuals, and the detec...
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"There is certainly no better way to turn a vibrant classroom into “Lord of the Flies” faster than to create artificial scarcity of the commodity that our institutions seem to prize more than anything else"
Josh Eyler@josheyler.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy op-ed about Harvard and its new grade cap is out today in The Hill. I’d love to hear what you think. thehill.com/opinion/educ...
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Are you looking for course materials for the Fall? if so I would love to talk to you about our AI-powered learning platform could help with student retention and engagement
Marc Kissel@marckissel.bsky.social · 2mo agoHi! my name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. I’d like to invite you to submit your latest research article to our journal. We are short some mighty works for our latest edited volume that fits well with your research
Hi! my name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. I’d like to invite you to submit your latest research article to our journal. We are short some mighty works for our latest edited volume that fits well with your research
Seth Trueger@mdaware.org · 2mo agoHi, my name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.
some new book reviews at AJBA! - Monkey to Man: The Evolution of the March of Progress Image (reviewed by Jon Marks) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... - The Botanic Age (Reviewed by Sarah Lacy) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Monkey to Man: The Evolution of the March of Progress Image. By Gowan Dawson, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2024. 392 pp. $40 (cloth). ISBN: 978‐0‐30‐027062‐4
Click on the article title to read more.
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"And when I started teaching, I saw how no one in education is ever good enough—not students, not teachers, not staff, not administrators, not instructional designers—and everyone is told they must be better, that they must compete against each other and, more horribly, against themselves."
Jesse Stommel (Jessifer)@jessifer.bsky.social · 2mo ago“The honest work of education was helping students see that most of education isn’t honest work. And then helping them to thrive regardless.” ~ Sean Michael Morris www.seanmichaelmorris.com/my-selfie-wi...
Setting the Record Straight on Anthropology @americananthro.bsky.social on the Vanderbilt Report...Yes. And still more to come... americananthro.org/advocacy-sta...
Setting the Record Straight on Anthropology - American Anthropological Association
The Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences identifies anthropology as the single most extreme case of scholarly deterioration in the humanities and soc...
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"What's the story Wishbone? What's this you're dreaming of? Such big imagination on such a little pup." www.whatsthestorywishbone.com
What's The Story, Wishbone? | A Feature Length Documentary
A heartfelt documentary exploring the beloved PBS series that introduced classic literature to an entire generation.
whatsthestorywishbone.com
"results indicate that Gini coefficients, and thus inequality, declined over time, coinciding with increased prosperity and the development of the city’s street plan, indicating that governance likely helped limit economic inequality."
Inequality declined in the Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Inequality declined in the Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro
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Very cool to see Michael cover our work. Grateful to New Scientist for taking the time to talk about it. I'm pretty sure that reading that magazine as a teenager is one of the things that made me first learn about human evolution etc so i'm amazed to be quoted in those pages :)
Michael Marshall@michael-marshall.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe often imagine that the first tools were used for hitting or cutting, but what if they were actually used for storing and carrying? @newscientist.com https://www.newscientist.com/article/2526004-the-story-of-the-first-human-tool-the-humble-container/
"This Review integrates evolutionary genetics with molecular mechanisms to clarify why ageing evolves, how it varies across species and individuals, and how these insights can guide healthspan extension."
Evolutionary genetics of ageing - Nature Reviews Genetics
Modern humans increasingly live long enough to experience late-life consequences of genetic and molecular systems shaped by natural selection. In this Review, the authors integrate evolutionary geneti...
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🧵as I read this piece. My first thought: Teachers and professors have long been sounding alarms about declines in student skills, knowledge, and behavior. But test scores are all political and school leaders attend to. This attention cuts all ways, as I'll come back to. #GiftLink #GiftArticle
Your School District Is Probably Scoring Worse Than 10 Years Ago
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interesting study! though sadly after the root canal the neandertal's dental insurance rejected the claim and they had to pay the whole thing out of pocket
Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago
Scientists dug up a Paleolithic tooth that shows signs that these hominins may have been capable of executing a precise dental procedure.
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"Late Middle Pleistocene H. erectus may have coexisted with Denisovans in parts of East Asia, where these interactions are presumed to have occurred." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Enamel proteins from six Homo erectus specimens across China - Nature
Palaeoproteomic analysis of ancient enamel proteins extracted from Middle Pleistocene Homo erectus specimens from the Zhoukoudian, Hexian and Sunjiadong sites in China suggests that they are a ne...
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Excited to see some of my students graduate today. Super proud of them! Plus my semiannual attempt to remember how to put on the graduation hood (I mean I have a PhD but have to watch a bunch of YouTube videos to figure it out every year ;) ).
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/exc... “Iago says that he has no reason for hating Othello, and it would be wrong of us to impute any racist anti-Moor motivation on his part.”
Excerpts from Chief Justice John Roberts’ High School English Essays
“Huck shows great disrespect for the Court’s precedent in Dred Scott when aiding the fugitive Jim, presumably due to liberal indoctrination by the Widow Doug...
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to show why this history is important, here's Davenport writing to Madison Grant (quoted in War Against the Weak) asking "Can we build a wall high enough around this country so as to keep out these cheaper races, or will it be a feeble dam...[leaving our descendants to seek] asylum in New Zealand."
Marc Kissel@marckissel.bsky.social · 3mo agoHere's a thing abt Davenport's eugenic work. He & Mary Scudder wrote a book called "Naval Officers: their heredity & development" which was a collection of bios, w/ "an account of the achievements & other events in the life of the man." They wanted to know why some are more successful than others
Here's a thing abt Davenport's eugenic work. He & Mary Scudder wrote a book called "Naval Officers: their heredity & development" which was a collection of bios, w/ "an account of the achievements & other events in the life of the man." They wanted to know why some are more successful than others
Lara Durgavich@ldurgavich.bsky.social · 3mo agoGiven the point that @volts.wtf & @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social are making in these tweets, let's start with Charles Davenport, the mustachioed gentleman quoted on this slide, who was not enthusiastic about the US receiving immigrants from SE Europe in the early 20th century.
Roxie wants everyone to know this is her ball and no one else's. Also timeline cleanse for all the reasons
I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.
When I was ~8 my mom made us late to airport and it was so stressful that I still stress about the memory (there was a lot of yelling). Once it was up to me I always got there early and loved having time to read a book for fun or just take a moment and not worry about being late
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 4mo agopeople who say this act like if they weren't at the airport they'd be at home curing cancer. what exactly are your big plans for your extra 45 minutes at home you fuckin loser
Awhile back I meet the brilliant Jenni French & and now been lucky to collab on a project w/ her for the last ~3 yrs. Along with Somaye Khaksar & @anthrofuentes.bsky.social our 1st project paper is out, on origins & development of mobile containers (1/n) 🧪 🧺 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The origins and development of mobile containers: Biocultural perspectives on Pleistocene containment
Containers are ubiquitous and universal across all present-day societies. The substantial increase in the quantity and diversity of containers in the …
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New Article: “More than “Information in the Head” Culture, Cultural Evolution, and Concepts in Dynamic Assemblage” w/ @gregdowney.bsky.social and Alex Gillett--plus input from a number of commentators-- finally out in Current Anthropology www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... 1/7
More than “Information in the Head” : Culture, Cultural Evolution, and Concepts in Dynamic Assemblages | Current Anthropology
Humans engage the world, not just through organic evolutionary processes but also through innovation, technology, communication, social organization, environmental exploitation and alteration, and dev...
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