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"Modern imperialism is embodied by industrial capitalism, which prioritizes resource extraction and maximizing profit. This paradigm is deeply embedded in the fabric of global affairs, influencing international trade, political dynamics, and the economic frameworks of nations".

Charles Fletcher, William J Ripple, Thomas Newsome, Phoebe Barnard, Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Aishwarya Behl, Jay Bowen, Michael Cooney, Eileen Crist, Christopher Field, Krista Hiser, David M Karl, David A King, Michael E Mann, Davianna P McGregor, Camilo Mora, Naomi Oreskes, Michael Wilson, Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future, PNAS Nexus, Volume 3, Issue 4, April 2024, pgae106, doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae @economics @climatechange @politicalscience

"We propose that early humans knew that elephants consistently walked along the same paths to waterholes and used this information to hunt/ambush elephants along these paths. In the course of hunting/ambushing elephants, humans repeatedly utilized specific quarry sites along the trails in preparation for butchering the large game."

Finkel, M., Barkai, R. Quarries as Places of Significance in the Lower Paleolithic Holy Triad of Elephants, Water, and Stone. Arch (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s11759-024-094 @archaeodons

"To loosely paraphrase Virgil’s famous dictum, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes (I fear the Greeks even when they offer gifts), let us beware of the familiar especially when it looks too familiar." biblonia.com/2024/04/01/trojan @bookstodon

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"Magellan’s behavior became increasingly rebellious and not in tune with the Portuguese authorities’ expectations. He took leave without permission, was accused of illegally trading in Morocco, and even quarreled with the Portuguese King Manuel I."

Perpuli, Francisco. "Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World" TheCollector.com, thecollector.com/ferdinand-mag (accessed March 27, 2024). @histodon @histodons @earlymodern

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"For some people, their status was elevated still further by the widely publicized discovery in 2007 that some Neanderthals carried genes suggesting they had red hair and light skin. These ancient inhabitants of Europe and Asia became coded as white, and on social media some people began to claim Neanderthal ancestry as a mark of racial superiority." doi.org/10.1126/science.z6n7io @science @anthropology

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"Archaeology supports the conclusion that Brittany was not founded in the mid-fifth century. A foundation in the late fourth century is most compatible with the archaeological evidence, limited though it is."

Howells, Caleb. "Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?" TheCollector.com, thecollector.com/magnus-maximu (accessed March 28, 2024). @histodon @histodons

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"In this paper, I examine if and how Aristotle’s philosophy of geometry can account for the geometers’ practices and way of talking."

Chiara Martini, Geometrical Changes: Change and Motion in Aristotle’s Philosophy of Geometry, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, October 2023, Pages 385–394, doi.org/10.1093/arisoc/aoad018 @philosophy

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"Here we combine genetic evidence and palaeoecological models to infer the geographic location that acted as the Hub for our species during the early phases of colonisation of Eurasia."

Vallini, L., Zampieri, C., Shoaee, M.J. et al. The Persian plateau served as hub for Homo sapiens after the main out of Africa dispersal. Nat Commun 15, 1882 (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-461 @archaeodons @anthropology @biology @science

"We compare per capita ratios with an approach based on regression, a widely used statistical procedure that eliminates many of the problems with ratios and allows for straightforward data interpretation."

Kratochvíl Lukáš and Havlíček Jan. 2024 The fallacy of global comparisons based on per capita measures. R. Soc. Open Sci.11: 230832. 230832. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230832 @science

"In this paper, we apply the methods of graph theory to reveal hidden relations within the corpus of the Hebrew Bible texts. The structure of relations between different texts was studied based upon their interpretation of the otherworld and the afterlife. We have identified 43 most relevant texts that contained concepts related to the notion of the otherworld and constructed a graph representing the relations between the considered texts."

Tantlevskij, I.R., Evmenova, E. & Gromov, D. Identification of the network structure of the Hebrew Bible texts based upon the notion of the otherworld and the afterlife. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 11, 411 (2024). doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-029 @linguistics @philosophy @religion

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